| Official Name: | Fonyód |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Fonyód |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 275px |
| Mapsize: | 275px |
| Nickname: | "Town of experiences" |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Somogy |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Type4: | RC Diocese |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kaposvár |
| Subdivision Name3: | Fonyód |
| Established Title1: | Established |
| Established Date1: | 9th century AD |
| Established Title2: | Town status |
| Established Date2: | 1989 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | József Hidvégi (Fidesz-KDNP) |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Title2: | Town Notary |
| Population Demonym: | fonyódi |
| Area Total Km2: | 53.55 |
| Population Total: | 4773[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Population by ethnicity |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Hungarians |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 84.3% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Germans |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 3.7% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Roma |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 1.2% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Croats |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Romanians |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Title6: | Greeks |
| Demographics1 Info6: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Title7: | Slovaks |
| Demographics1 Info7: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Title8: | Polish |
| Demographics1 Info8: | 0.1% |
| Demographics1 Title9: | Ukrainians |
| Demographics1 Info9: | 1.1% |
| Demographics1 Title10: | Others |
| Demographics1 Info10: | 1.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | Population by religion |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Roman Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 51.3% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Greek Catholic |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 0.5% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Calvinists |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 5.8% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Lutherans |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 1.8% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Jews |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 0.1% |
| Demographics2 Title6: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info6: | 0.8% |
| Demographics2 Title7: | Non-religious |
| Demographics2 Info7: | 13.3% |
| Demographics2 Title8: | Unknown |
| Demographics2 Info8: | 26.4% |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8640 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | (+36) 85 |
| Coordinates: | 46.7412°N 17.5503°W |
| Blank Name: | Patron Saint |
| Blank Info: | Saint Stephen |
| Blank1 Name: | Motorways |
| Blank1 Info: | M7 |
| Blank2 Name: | Distance from Budapest |
| Blank2 Info: | 154km (96miles) Northeast |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | NUTS 3 code |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | HU232 |
| Blank4 Name Sec2: | MP |
| Blank4 Info Sec2: | József Attila Móring (KDNP) |
Fonyód (German: Fonjod) is a town and holiday resort on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, in north-west Somogy County, western Hungary, with over 4,700 residents. It is the seat of Fonyód District.
The first mention of Fonyód was in a letter of Saint Ladislaus from 1082, as the village Funoldi. In 1232, the village was included into the lands of the Tihany Abbey. Maps from the 14th century show Fonyód as an island (with Balaton being larger), with a castle. The castle was occupied and destroyed in 1575 during the Turkish invasion, with no one living in the village by 1580. After the Turkish occupation, Fonyód remained uninhabited until the 19th century.
The construction of a railway around Lake Balaton greatly contributed to the village's development. By 1900, Fonyód had become a holiday resort, and by 1910 over a thousand visitors were arriving each year.
Fonyód attained town status in 1989.
The town is famous for its mineral water which is bottled there under the name Fonyódi and is owned by the Croatian company, Jana (part of Agrokor).[4] [5]
The electronics producer cms manufacturing (owned by the Austrian cms electronics) and the Italian electronics device producer Datalogic operate factories in the town.[6]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary. Fonyód is twinned with:[7]
Borsec, Romania
Krotoszyn, Poland
Mettet, Belgium
Nové Zámky, Slovakia