EPERIES, a royal free town of Hungary, capital of the county of Saros; on the Tarcza, an affluent of the Theiss; 140 miles N.E. of Pesth. Pop. 8600. It is well built, and surrounded with walls, outside of which are extensive gardens. The public buildings include a Lutheran and several Roman Catholic churches, a synagogue, high schools, county and town halls, chapter-house, monastery, and orphan asylum. It is the seat of a Greek Catholic bishop, and has an episcopal library, and a prayer station called a Calevary, much resorted to by the religious. Eperies has manufactures of linen and woollen goods, earthenware, and beer; and a considerable trade in wine, corn, and cattle. In the vicinity are the royal Sovár salt-works, which annually produce about 5000 tons of salt.