Miskolc is a county town in the northeastern part of Hungary, on the eastern slopes of the Bükk region. It is the center and largest settlement of the Northern Hungary region. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county and seat of the Miskolc district. A quarter of the county's population lives in Miskolc. It is the fourth most populous city in the country after Budapest, Debrecen and Szeged, together with the agglomeration it is the third largest after Budapest and Debrecen, and the second largest city in Hungary with a built-up area after Budapest.

The area is one of the oldest inhabited areas in Europe, as evidenced by Paleolithic finds. The settlement, built at the junction of various geographical units, along important trade routes, was already a trading town in the Middle Ages, and in 1365 it received city status from King Louis the Great. After the Turkish subjugation, its industry also began to develop. 

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