Tiszafüred is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the
Northern Great Plain
The Northern Great Plain ( ) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Be ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
of central
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
.
Geography
It covers an
area
Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...
of and has a
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of 11,260 people (2015).
Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015
'. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015 Tiszafüred is the biggest city of the
Lake Tisza
Lake Tisza (), also known as Kisköre Reservoir (Hungarian: ''Kiskörei-víztározó''), is the largest artificial lake in Hungary. It is located at the southeastern edge of Heves county, next to counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar ...
region, and it is the capital city of the Lake Tisza. It is a favourite tourist spot and offers many recreational activities such as water skiing, bush walking, and thermal baths.
Politics
The current mayor of Tiszafüred is Imre Újvári (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:
Notable residents
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Krisztián Budovinszky
Krisztián Budovinszky (born 18 April 1976) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for Páty
Páty is a village in Pest (county), Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 7,476 (2018).
The neighbou ...
(1976-), footballer
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Anikó Szebenszky
Anikó Szebenszky (born August 12, 1965 in Tiszafüred, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok) is a retired female race walker from Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is ...
(1965-), race walker
Twin towns – sister cities
Tiszafüred is
twinned with:
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Chotěboř
Chotěboř (; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zon ...
, Czech Republic
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Płońsk
Płońsk (; ) is a town in central Poland with 21,591 inhabitants (2022). Situated at the Płonka river in the historic region of Mazovia, it is the seat of Płońsk County in the Masovian Voivodeship.
History
According to archaeological researc ...
, Poland
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Senta
Senta ( sr-cyrl, Сента, ; Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Zenta'', ; Romanian language, Romanian: ''Zenta'') is a town and municipality located in Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the bank of the Tisza, Tisa river in the geographical ...
, Serbia
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Tiszafüred - KehilaLinks
Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
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