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Túrkeve

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Country
  
Hungary

District
  
Mezőtúr

Postal code
  
5420

Local time
  
Monday 11:34 PM

Area code
  
56

County
  
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
236.5 km²

Population
  
9,008 (2011)

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Weather
  
5°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 57% Humidity

Túrkeve is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of Hungary.

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Map of T%C3%BArkeve, Hungary

Geography

It covers an area of 236.52 km2 (91.32 sq mi).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the total population of Túrkeve was 9,008, of whom there were 87.8% Hungarians and 2.4% Romani by ethnicity. 12.2% did not declare their ethnicity, exlcluding these people Hungarians made up 100% of the total population. In Hungary people can declare more than one ethnicity, so some people declared a minority one along with Hungarian.

Túrkeve is one of the least religious town in Hungary, 56.7% of the population was irreligious, while 17.9% was Hungarian Reformed (Calvinist) and 4.4% Roman Catholic.

Notable people from Túrkeve

  • Alexander Finta (1881-1958), Hungarian-American artist
  • Alexander Korda (1893-1956), Hungarian-British film producer
  • Zoltan Korda (1895-1961), Hungarian-American film director
  • Vincent Korda (1897-1979), Hungarian-British art director

    • International relations

    Túrkeve is twinned with:

  • Auchel, France
  • Salonta (Nagyszalonta), Romania
  • Velykyi Bychkiv (Nagybocskó), Ukraine

    • References

    Túrkeve Wikipedia
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