Tiszafüred is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Tiszafüred | |
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 Aerial view | |
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  Tiszafüred Location of Tiszafüred | |
| Coordinates: 47°37′0″N 20°46′0″E / 47.61667°N 20.76667°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
| District | Tiszafüred |
| Area | |
| • Total | 209.97 km2 (81.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 10,872[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5350 |
| Area code | (+36) 59 |
| Website | tiszafured |
Geography
editIt covers an area of 209.97 km2 (81 sq mi) and has a population of 11,260 people (2015).[2] Tiszafüred is the biggest city of the Lake Tisza region, and it is the capital city of the Lake Tisza. It is a favourite tourist spot and offers many recreational activities such as water skiing, bush walking, and thermal baths.[3]
Politics
editThe current mayor of Tiszafüred is Imre Újvári (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:[4]
| Party | Seats | Current Municipal Assembly | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidesz-KDNP | 8 | M | ||||||||
| Mindenki Magyarországa | 4 | |||||||||
Notable residents
edit- Krisztián Budovinszky (1976-), footballer
- Anikó Szebenszky (1965-), race walker
Twin towns – sister cities
editTiszafüred is twinned with:
References
edit- ^ Tiszafüred, KSH
- ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
- ^ "Lake Tisza". Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Tiszafüred (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "20 évesek a Tiszafüredi Mazsorettek". alfoldhir.hu (in Hungarian). Alföldhír. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Raport o stanie Gminy Miasta Płońska za rok 2018" (in Polish). Urzęd Miasta Płońsk. 15 May 2019. p. 54. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Testvérvárosaink". zenta-senta.co.rs (in Hungarian). Senta. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
External links
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- Official website in Hungarian
- Tiszafüred - KehilaLinks
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