Karcag
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Karcag | |
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 City Hall in Karcag | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Karcag Location of Karcag | |
| Coordinates: 47°18′40″N 20°54′58″E / 47.31111°N 20.91611°ECoordinates: 47°18′40″N 20°54′58″E / 47.31111°N 20.91611°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| 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.
Transport[]
Aerial view of the Zádor Bridge
Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here.
Geography[]
Karcag covers an area of 368.63 km2 (142 sq mi) and has a population of 20,632 people (2011).
| Significant minority groups | |
| Nationality | Population (2011) |
|---|---|
 Germany |
48 |
 Romania |
20 |
 Russia |
8 |
 Slovakia |
8 |
 Serbia |
6 |
Politics[]
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidesz-KDNP | 9 | M | |||||||||
| Jobbik | 2 | ||||||||||
| Momentum Movement | 1 | ||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities[]
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[]
- (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
- Mihály Varga (born 1965), politician, since 2013 Minister of National Economy
References[]
- ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Karcag (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
External links[]
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