Marcali

Marcali
Town
The Roman Catholic Church of Marcali
Flag Coat of arms
Marcali Location of Marcali
Coordinates: 46.58582°N 17.41279°E / 46.58582; 17.41279
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Transdanubia
County	Somogy
District	Marcali
RC Diocese	Kaposvár
Area
• Total	101.5 km2 (39.2 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	11,216
Demonym	marcali
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8700
Area code	(+36) 85
Patron Saint	Holy Mary
NUTS 3 code	HU232
MP	József Attila Móring (KDNP)
Website	Marcali Online

Marcali (Template:Lang-de) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Marcali District.

The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.

Geography

It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the Somogyszob-Balatonszentgyörgy Railway Line.

Media

Near the village Kisperjés, which belongs to Marcali, there is at 46°36′53.5″N 17°27′53.63″E a mediumwave broadcasting station with a 126 metres tall guyed mast radiator broadcasting on 1188 kHz with 300 kW.

Notable people

• Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982), painter and art theorist
• Béla Pap de Szill (1845–1916), military officer, politician, Minister of Defence (1906)
• Endre Bán (1934–1995), Roman Catholic priest, theologist and professor
• Mya Diamond (born 1981), pornographic actress and nude model
• Árpád Milinte (born 1976), footballer
• Olivér Kovács (born 1990), footballer
• Márta Vass (born 1962), ultramarathon runner
• Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), handballer
• Béla Virág (born 1976), footballer
• Lukács Bőle (born 1990), footballer
• Zoltán Farkas (born 1989), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Marcali is twinned with:

• Künzelsau, Germany
• Medulin, Croatia
• Morrovalle, Italy
• Toplița, Romania

Gallery

• 
  Gisella Church
• 
  Chapel in the Boronka Cemetery
• 
  The building of the music school (built in 1898)
• 
  Gáspár Noszlopy Primary School
• 
  Saint Barbara Church of Boronka

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)
• Street map (in Hungarian)
• Marcali Portal (in Hungarian)