Martfű
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Martfű Location of Martfű | |
Coordinates: 47°1′1″N 20°17′2″E / 47.01694°N 20.28389°ECoordinates: 47°1′1″N 20°17′2″E / 47.01694°N 20.28389°E | |
Country | Hungary |
County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
District | Szolnok |
Area | |
• Total | 23.08 km2 (8.91 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 6,237 |
• Density | 319/km2 (830/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 5435 |
Area code | (+36) 56 |
Website | www |
Martfű is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.[1]
Industry[]
The vtown is dominated by light industry, including the following:
- Tisza Shoe Factory: Though designed prior to the outbreak of war. In 1941-42 a factory was established by the Czechoslovak businessman Jan Antonin Bata, whose organization was based in Zlín, Czech Republic. The resulting factory complex and industrial town was built in Martfű, Hungary. The Hungarian shoe company called Cikta. The decades of the Kádár era Tisza Cipő became the country's largest shoe manufacturer.
- Brewery: 1985, built by the surrounding businesses.
- Vegetable Oil Factory: built between 1976 and 1980. Primarily grown in the Great Plains sunflower, canola and soybean processing is carried out.
- Tisza Ipartelep plants: various industrial plants in the industrial and service center.
Martfű Monster[]
The town is infamous for serial killer Péter Kovács who is known as Martfű Monster.
International relations[]
Martfű is twinned with:[2]
- Tuchów, Poland; since 1999
- Tăuții-Măgherăuș (Misztótfalu), Romania; since 2006
Gallery[]
Aerialphotography of Martfű
Martfű name written in Szekely-Hungarian script and Latin letters.
Geography[]
It covers an area of 23.08 km2 (9 sq mi) and has a population of 7366 people (2002).
References[]
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martfű. |
- Official website in Hungarian and English
Categories:
- Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
- Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok geography stubs