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Jász Nagykun Szolnok County

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Country
  
Hungary

County seat
  
Szolnok

Postal code
  
50xx – 54xx

Area
  
5,582 km²

Region
  
Northern Great Plain

Area rank
  
8th in Hungary

Area code(s)
  
(+36) 56, 57, 59

University
  
College of Szolnok

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Clubs and Teams
  
Szolnoki Olaj KK, Szolnoki MÁV FC, Jászberényi FC, Jászberényi KSE, Törökszentmiklósi KE

Points of interest
  
Lake Tisza, Jászberényi Állat‑ és Növénykert, Jász‑Nagykun‑Szolnok Megyei Múzeumo, Jász Museum, Tiszakürti Arborétum Természe

Destinations
  
Jászberény, Szolnok, Berekfürdő, Lake Tisza, Tiszafüred

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Békés, Csongrád, and Bács-Kiskun. The rivers Tisza and Körös flow through the county. The capital of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county is Szolnok. Its area is 5582 km². Before approximately 1990, the name of the county was Szolnok. The county is named after the Ossetians (Jasz) and Cumans (Kun) who settled there, along with Szolnok. The county was part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion between 1997 and 2004.

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Map of J%C3%A1sz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary

Geography

This county has a total area of 5,582 km2 (2,155 sq mi) – 6,00% of Hungary.

Neighbours

  • Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in the North.
  • Hajdú-Bihar and Békés County in the East.
  • Csongrád County in the South.
  • Bács-Kiskun and Pest County in the West.

    • Demographics

    In 2015, it had a population of 379,897 and the population density was 68/km².

    Ethnicity

    Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 19,000), Germans (500) and Romanians (500).

    Total population (2011 census): 386,594
    Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 344 488 persons:

  • Hungarians: 323 293 (93,85%)
  • Gypsies: 18 935 (5,50%)
  • Others and indefinable: 2 260 (0,66%)

    • Approx. 56,000 persons in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

    Religion

    Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

  • Catholic – 32.2% (Roman Catholic – 31.9%; Greek Catholic – 0.3%);
  • Reformed – 11.1%;
  • Evangelical – 0.3%;
  • other religions – 1.1%;
  • Non-religious – 28.0%;
  • Atheism – 1.2%;
  • Undeclared – 26.1%.

    • Politics

    The Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 19 counselors, with the following party composition:

    Municipalities

    Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County has 1 city with county rights (megyei jogú város), 21 towns (város), 4 large villages (nagyközség) and 52 villages (falu):

    City with county rights

  • Szolnok – county seat; 72,953 (as of 2011)

    • Towns

    (ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

    Villages

    municipalities are large villages.

    Notable people

    Natives of the county include:

    International relations

    Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County has a partnership relationship with:

    References

    Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Wikipedia
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