Szombathely (; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in
Hungary. It is the administrative centre of
Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with
Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams
Perint and
Gyöngyös (literally "pearly"), where the
Alpokalja (Lower
Alps) mountains meet the
Little Hungarian Plain. The oldest city in Hungary, it is known as the birthplace of
Saint Martin of Tours.