Karcag
Karcag is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Karcag | |
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Coordinates: 47°18′40″N 20°54′58″E | |
Country | ![]() |
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 has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Karcag is twinned with:[1]
Cristuru Secuiesc (Székelykeresztúr), Romania; since 1990 Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland; since 2005 Longueau, France; since 2004 Merki, Kazakhstan; since 1998 Moldava nad Bodvou (Szepsi), Slovakia; since 1998 Schwarzheide, Germany; since 2004 Stara Moravica (Bácskossuthfalva), Serbia; since 1994
Domestic partnership(s)
- Kunszentmiklós, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County; since 2009
Geography
It 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) |
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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:[2]
Party | Seats | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||
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Fidesz-KDNP | 9 | M | |||||||||
Jobbik | 2 | ||||||||||
Momentum Movement | 1 |
Notable people
- Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–79), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag
- Avram Hershko (born 1937 as Herskó Ferenc), Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry
- Margit Sebők (1939–2000), Hungarian painter and educator
- Mihály Varga (born 1965), since 7 March 2013 Minister of National Economy of Hungary, Minister of Finance of Hungary 2001-2002 and one of four Fidesz VPs since 2005
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References
- Karcag twinning
- "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Karcag (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
External links
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- Official website in Hungarian, English, German and Italian
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