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Sombathely is town and seat of Vas megye (county) and it lays in the north western of Hungary. The city is situated on the Gyöngyös River, near the frontier with Austria.

The town is the successor to the Roman settlement of Savaria (Sabaria), the capital of Pannonia, founded in AD 43 by Claudius I at the intersection of two Roman roads still extant.

Following its 5^th century sack by the Huns, Szombathely declined for a long period.

Maria Theresa of Austria made the town the seat of a bishopric in the 18^th century.

The town developed as an important agricultural centre (wines, fruit, honey) and railway junction. Industries include tanning, textiles, footwear, and the manufacture of agricultural machinery. Pop. (1994 est.) 85,932.

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