Kisújszállás
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Kisújszállás | |
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Coordinates: 47°13′01″N 20°46′01″E / 47.21694°N 20.76694°E | |
Country | Hungary |
County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
District | Karcag |
Area | |
• Total | 205.27 km2 (79.26 sq mi) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 12,869 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 5310 |
Area code | (+36) 59 |
Website | www |
Kisújszállás is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Geography[edit]
It covers an area of 205.27 km2 (79 sq mi) and has a population of 12,869 people (2002).
Politics[edit]
The current mayor of Kisújszállás is István Kecze (Fidesz-KDNP-Nagykun Civilian Circle).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 11 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[1]
Party | Seats | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||
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Fidesz-KDNP-Nagykun Civilian Circle | 9 | M | |||||||||
DK-MSZP | 2 | ||||||||||
Jobbik | 1 |
Notable inhabitants[edit]
- Katalin Karikó, Hungarian-American biochemist specializing in RNA-mediated mechanisms
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
Kisújszállás is twinned with:[2]
- Eberschwang, Austria (1992)
- Pačir (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1996)
- Săcele, Romania (1999)
- Serne, Ukraine (2000)
- Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia (1998)
- Wilamowice, Poland (2004)
References[edit]
- ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Kisújszállás (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Testvértelepüléseink". kisujszallas.hu (in Hungarian). Kisújszállás. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
External links[edit]
- Official website in Hungarian, English and German