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 ...
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 an ...
of eastern
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
.
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 or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an ope ...
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 ...
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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 ...
triangle, in the north-eastern part of the country. This track would be suitable to host MotoGP, as well as Formula 1 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Selec ...
, German film actor
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Imre Hódos
Imre Hódos (January 10, 1928 in Hajdúnánás – April 23, 1989 in Debrecen) was a Hungarian wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Olympics
Hódos competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki where he received a go ...
, 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:
* Piešťany, 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 ...
, 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 ...