Zalaegerszeg

Zalaegerszeg is the administrative centre of Zala County. The city was founded in 12th century, and has about 57,000 inhabitants (2019).

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The area was already inhabited in the Upper Paleolithic, according to archaeological findings (the oldest ones in Zala county). Later, the area was inhabited by Celts. The first written mentions of the town are as Egerscug (1247) and Egerszeg (1293); the name means "alder-tree corner" and is probably a reference to the town's situation in the angle where two rivers meet.



By train
Trains are available in every two hours from Budapest-Déli pályaudvar via Székesfehérvár, Veszprém and Zalaszentiván (junction point to Szombathely and Nagykanizsa). The journey takes about 3 hours and costs. Other direct connections are:
 * Toward west: Őriszentpéter via Zalalövő seven times a day. There are direct international trains via Bajánsenye to Hodoš (Slovenia) four times a day, and to Ljubljana once a day.
 * Toward south: Rédics via Lenti four times a day.

By bus
Buses are available in every two hours from Budapest-Népliget. The journey takes about 3 hours and costs.

By bus
Volánbusz operates local buses in Zalaegerszeg. Tickets (in 2019): in advance,  from driver. Passes (in 2019): per month,  semimonthly. Tickets can be purchased at the train station, at the bus station (only on weekdays) and at many newsstands. Public transport map of Zalaegerszeg.

Sport

 * Football: Zalaegerszegi TE play soccer in NB 1, the top tier. Their ZTE Arena (capacity 11,200) is just north of the bus station.

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Zalaegerszeg's postal code is H-8900, and its telephone area code is 92.



Go next

 * Hévíz – town with natural thermal lake east
 * Körmend – town northwest
 * Lenti – town with thermal bath and narrow gauge railway southwest
 * Pacsa – small town southeast
 * Vasvár – town north
 * Zalalövő – small town west
 * Zalaszentgrót – town with thermal bath northeast