Karcag
Appearance
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Karcag | |
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![]() City Hall in Karcag | |
Coordinates: 47°18′40″N 20°54′58″E / 47.31111°N 20.91611°E | |
Country | Hungary |
Region | Northern Great Plain |
County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
District | Karcag |
Area | |
• Total | 368.63 km2 (142.33 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 19,732 |
• Density | 61.25/km2 (158.6/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 5300 |
Area code | (+36) 59 |
Website | karcag |
Karcag (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒrt͡sɒg]) is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Geography
[edit]Karcag covers an area of 368.63 km2 (142 sq mi) and has a population of 20,632 people (2011).
Transport
[edit]Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here.
Significant minority groups | |
Nationality | Population (2011) |
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German | 48 |
Romanian | 20 |
Russian | 8 |
Slovakian | 8 |
Serbian | 6 |
Politics
[edit]The current mayor of Karcag is László Dobos (Fidesz-KDNP).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 12 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 | 9 | M | |||||||||
Jobbik | 2 | ||||||||||
Momentum Movement | 1 |
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Karcag is twinned with:
- Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania (1990)
- Kunszentmiklós, Hungary (2009)
- Lazdijai, Lithuania (2004)
- Lednice, Czech Republic (2006)
- Merki District, Kazakhstan (1998)
- Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia (1998)
- Schwarzheide, Germany (2004)
- Stara Moravica (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1994)
Notable people
[edit]- István Varró (died in 1770), the last speaker of the Cuman language
- Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–1779), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag
- Avram Hershko (born 1937), Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry
- Margit Sebők (1939–2000), painter and educator
- Kevin Varga (born 1996), footballer
- Mihály Varga (born 1965), politician, since 2013 Minister of National Economy
- Suzi Diamond, Holocaust survivor.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Karcag (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "'It was Hell' - Irish Holocaust survivors reflect on Auschwitz anniversary".
External links
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- Official website in Hungarian, English, German and Italian