Adony

See also: Adony (disambiguation)

Adony
Town
Adony, church
Flag Coat of arms
Adony Location of Adony
Coordinates: 47°07′08″N 18°51′55″E / 47.11895°N 18.86538°E / 47.11895; 18.86538
Country	Hungary
County	Fejér
District	Dunaújváros
Area
• Total	61.05 km^2 (23.57 sq mi)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	3,679
• Density	60.26/km^2 (156.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2457
Area code	(+36) 25
Website	www.adony.hu

Adony (formerly Duna-Adony; German: Adam; Latin: Vetus Salina or Vetusallum) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary.

Etymology

The town's name comes from the old Hungarian personal name Odun and was attested as such in 1332. Odun possibly formed from the ad verb, meaning 'give'.^[2]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Adony is twinned with:^[3]

• Oberweser, Germany (1995)
• Szczekociny, Poland (2001)
• Cehu Silvaniei, Romania (2009)

People

• Teréz Csillag, actress^{[citation needed]}

References

1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
2. Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.
3. "Testvérvárosok". adony.hu (in Hungarian). Adony. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

External links

• Official website in Hungarian
• Aerialphotgraphs of Adony
• The jewish community in Adony On JewishGen website.