Jászfényszaru is a

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 Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, 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 ...

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of central

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Geography

It covers an

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of and has a

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of 5567 people (2015). It is the meeting of three regions: the North-Hungary, the North-Plain and the Central region. The neighbouring towns are:

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and Boldog (

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county), Pusztamonostor ( Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county),

Zsámbok Zsámbok is a village and commune in the comitatus of Pest County, Hungary. Location Zsámbok is located in central Hungary, in the eastern part of Pest County, near the border of Heves County and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Transportation ...

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and

Tóalmás Tóalmás is a village in Pest county, 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 ...

( Pest county). Jászfényszaru is at the mouth of

Zagyva The Zagyva is a river in Hungary. Its length is 179 km, and drains an area of about 5,677 km2. The source is near Salgótarján in Nógrád county. It flows through the towns of Bátonyterenye, Pásztó, Hatvan and Jászberény and flows ...

and

Galga Galga is a right tributary of the river Zagyva in the Cserhát mountains and the Great Hungarian Plain, Hungary. It originates at Becske, Nógrád County, at the Hill Szandai. The end of the river is at Jászfényszaru, where it flows into the ...

rivers. The town has 2 twin-cities:

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(

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) and

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(

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). It has the second largest

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factory in

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after the

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

n one.

Twin towns – sister cities

Jászfényszaru is twinned with: * Borș, Romania *

Hat A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory. Hats which incorporate mecha ...

, Ukraine *

Kiskunfélegyháza Kiskunfélegyháza (; german: Feulegaß) is a city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary. Geography Kiskunfélegyháza is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. M5 motorway, Highway 5, 451, Budapest–Cegléd–Sz ...

, Hungary *

, Poland

References

External links

* in Hungarian, English, German and Polish Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Jászság {{Jasz-geo-stub