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Kétegyháza (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkeːtɛchaːzɒ]; Romanian: Chitighaz) is a large village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. It is one of the main centres of Hungary's Romanian minority.
Kétegyháza
Chitighaz | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Kétegyháza Location of Kétegyháza in Hungary | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′56″N 21°11′1″E / 46.54889°N 21.18361°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Southern Great Plain |
| County | Békés |
| Subregion | Gyulai |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mária Gyuricska (Independent)[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50.49 km2 (19.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
| • Total | 4,135 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5741 |
| Area code | +36 66 |
| KSH code | 03461[2] |
| Website | ketegyhaza.hu |
Jews lived in the village in the 19th century and in 1944 many of them were murdered in the Holocaust of the Jews of Hungary.[4]
Notable people
edit- Franz Czeisler - circus impresario and illusionist
- Sándor Márki - historiographer, professor
- József Kalcsó – painter
- Imre Mudin – athlete, Olympic participant
- István Mudin – athlete, flagbearer of Hungary at the 1908 Olympics, older brother of Imre
- Aurel Suciu - signatory of the Transylvanian Memorandum
Tourist sights
edit- Machine museum - collection of agricultural machinery and equipment
- Romanian country house
- Jewish Cemetery
References
edit- ^ "Békés Megye Képviselő-testületének Közlönye" (PDF) (in Hungarian). bekesmegye.hu. November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ a b Kétegyháza at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
- ^ Kétegyháza at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 2010
- ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
External links
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Media related to Kétegyháza at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website in Hungarian
46°32′N 21°11′E / 46.533°N 21.183°E
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