Tiszaújváros (; ) is an industrial town in
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern
Hungary
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, south-east of
Miskolc
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, near the river
Tisza
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.
History
The town was built up on the outskirts of the old village
Tiszaszederkény. In legal terms the old village and the new town are the same: the village became a town in 1966 and was renamed twice, in 1970 and in 1991.
Twin towns – sister cities
Tiszaújváros is
twinned with:
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Berehove
Berehove (, ; , ) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated near the border with Hungary.
It is the cultural centre of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine, and Hungarians constitute roughly half (a plurality) of its popula ...
, Ukraine
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Dexing, China
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Friesenheim (Ludwigshafen), Germany
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Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
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Neuhofen an der Krems, Austria
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Rimavská Sobota
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Geography ...
, Slovakia
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Świętochłowice
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, Poland
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Zawiercie County
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, Poland
Gallery
Tiszaújváros légifotó1.jpg
Tiszaújváros légifotó2.jpg
Tiszaújváros légifotó3.jpg
16884 (j4128) orszagzaszlo tiszaujvaros tiszaszederkeny 1938 2.jpg
References
External links
* in Hungarian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiszaujvaros
Populated places established in 1955
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Socialist planned cities
Planned communities in Hungary
1955 establishments in Hungary