town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Hajdú-Bihar County
Hajdú-Bihar ( hu, Hajdú-Bihar megye, ) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Jász-Nag ...
, in the
Northern Great Plain
The Northern Great Plain ( hu, Észak-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Sza ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
of eastern
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
.
Geography
It covers an
area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape
A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...
of and has a
population
Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...
of 17,172 people (2015).
Racetrack
On 21 June 2020, it was confirmed that Hungary will build a new modern, multifunctional and economically operable racetrack near Hajdúnánás, at the centre of the
Debrecen
Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and i ...
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Miskolc
Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...
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Nyíregyháza
Nyíregyháza (, sk, Níreďháza) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in t ...
triangle, in the north-eastern part of the country. This track would be suitable to host
MotoGP
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ...
, as well as
Formula 1
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
races in the future.
Notable residents
* Zoltán Nagy, footballer
* József Mónus, world recorder archer
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Zoltán Csehi
Zoltán Csehi (born 22 July 1972) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Hungary for various teams, among them: Nyíregyháza Spartacus, Kecskemét, Debrecen and Videoton. In Romania
Romani ...
, footballer
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Annamária Bogdanović
Annamária Bogdanović (also ''Bogdanovics''; née ''Orbán''; born 14 April 1982) is a former Hungarian handballer who played for Siófok KC. She has also been capped for the Hungarian national team. In 2016 she got 4 years suspension by the ...
, handballer
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Ágnes Szilágyi
Ágnes Szilágyi (born 7 March 1990 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian handballer.
Achievements
*Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league syste ...
, handballer
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Anita Kazai
Anita Kazai (born 28 May 1988) is a Hungarian handball er for Dunaújvárosi KKA and the Hungarian national team.
Career
A native of Szeged, has four siblings. When she was 16, playing with her school team on a tournament against schoolgirls ...
Anett Sopronyi
Anett Sopronyi (born 27 November 1986 in Debrecen) is a retired Hungarian handballer who most recently played for DVSC and the Hungarian national team.
Sopronyi was spotted by Itxako in the 2010–11 edition of the EHF Champions League, wher ...
Paul Ornstein
Paul Hermann Ornstein ( hu, Ornstein Pál; April 4, 1924 – January 19, 2017) was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor.
Early life
Ornstein was born in Hungary in a Jewish family to parents, Abraham Ornstein, an account ...
Meinhart Maur
Meinhart Maur ( hu, Grünbaum Menyhért, 18 August 1891 – 27 November 1964) was a Hungarian-German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1954. He was born in Hajdúnánás, Hungary and died in London, England.
Select ...
, German film actor
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Imre Hódos
Imre Hódos (January 10, 1928 in Hajdúnánás – April 23, 1989 in Debrecen) was a Hungary, Hungarian wrestling, wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Olympics
Hódos competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki wher ...
, wrestler
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Henrietta Csiszár
Henrietta Csiszár (born 15 May 1994 in Hajdúnánás) is a Hungarian football midfielder currently playing in the Serie A Femminile for Inter Milan. She is the captain of the Hungarian national team.twinned with:
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Piešťany
Piešťany (; german: Pistyan, hu, Pöstyén, pl, Pieszczany , cs, Píšťany ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its own district. It is the biggest and best kno ...
, Slovakia
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Ustroń
Ustroń (german: Ustron) is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975–1998). It lies in the Silesian Beskids m ...
, Poland
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Valea lui Mihai
Valea lui Mihai (; hu, Érmihályfalva) is a town in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania.
Geography
It is located around 66 km north-east of Oradea, 9 km from the Hungarian border in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania.
History
In 1312, und ...