Tiszavasvári
Tiszavasvári | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Area | |
• Total | 126.59 km2 (48.88 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 13,473 |
• Density | 107.3/km2 (278/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 4440 |
Area code(s) | 42 |
Tiszavasvári is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
History[]
The settlement of Tiszavasvári was created in 1941 by merging the former independent settlements of and Szentmihály under the name of . The villagers of Tiszabűd opposed the merger and the two communities were separated in 1946 but only for four years. In 1950 the two settlements were again merged. The name of the locality was changed to Tiszavasvári in 1952 in memory of , a Hungarian writer and participant in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
Geography[]
It covers an area of 126.59 km2 (49 sq mi) and has a population of 13,473 people (2005).
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Tiszavasvári is twinned with:[1]
- Baia Sprie, Romania
- Izvoru Crișului, Romania
- Livada, Romania
- Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania
- Agdam, Azerbaijan[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Külkapcsolatok". tiszavasvari.hu (in Hungarian). Tiszavasvári. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ AzerNews.az: Azerbaijani occupied town twinned with Hungary's Tiszavasvari
Coordinates: 47°58′N 21°21′E / 47.967°N 21.350°E
Categories:
- Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
- Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg geography stubs