Jászárokszállás is a
town
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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 ...
region
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of central
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
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A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an obje ...
of and has a
population
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of 7914 people (2014).
History
First mention of Jászárokszállás was in the beginning of the 14th century.
Notable people
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János Görbe
János Görbe born as Görbe János (November 12, 1912, Jászárokszállás - September 5, 1968, Budapest) was a prominent Hungarian actor of film and theater. He was the father of actress Nóra Görbe, star of the popular 80's TV series, "Li ...
(1912–1968), actor
*
Ferenc Donáth
Ferenc Donáth (born 28 June 1954) is a retired Hungarian gymnast. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and finished in fourth and third place with the Hungarian team, respectivel ...
(1913–1986), politician
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Sándor Csányi (1953-), banker, investor, business magnate, philanthropist
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József Sándor
József Sándor (born 6 August 1892, date of death unknown) was a Hungarian wrestler
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(1892–?), wrestler
Twin towns – sister cities
Jászárokszállás is
twinned with:
*
Tarłów
Tarłów is a village (a town in 1550-1870) in Opatów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Tarłów. It lies approximately north-east of Opatów and e ...
, Poland
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
Jászság
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