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Kecskemét ( , sk, Kečkemét) is a city with county rights central part
The first Archaeology, archaeological trace of a human in the area is about five thousand years old. The Sarmatians invaded the area in the first century Anno Domini, B.C.; since then the area has been continuously inhabited by a variety of cultures. János Hornyik, the first town historian, believed that the settlement known as ''Partiskum'' of the Sarmatian Iazyges, Jazygian was here. Contemporary consensus among historians is that it is more likely permanent settlement occurred only after the Hungarian conquest. At the beginning of the 13th century, there were seven villages in the area, each with a population of 200–300 formed near the village church, a typical rural pattern. They were all destroyed by the First Mongol invasion of Hungary, Mongol Invasion. Some of the villages revived at the time of the Cumans, Cumanians' colonization.
As Kecskemét was situated at an important trading route, it grew as a customhouse and a market-place; in 1368 it was identified in one of King of Hungary, King Louis I of Hungary's charters as an ''oppidium'' (town). The town's active economic life and relatively dense population attracted more traders, craftsmen and residents, including History of the Jews in Hungary, Jews who became an important part of the town.
During the Ottoman Empire, Turkish invasion, settlers from neighboring villages sought shelter in Kecskemét, which was protected by defensive palisades. They also were escaping the oppression of the ''spahi'' landlords. In addition to the protection of its setting, the town of Kecskemét had arranged to pay tax directly to the ''pasha'' in Buda, thus gaining his protection and enjoying a special situation.
Kecskemét gradually absorbed the lands of those who had taken refuge in the town. Residents created a large Common land, common field for the animals they were breeding. By the beginning of the 18th century, residents held nearly 30,000 cattle, which grazed on an almost field.
At the end of the 18th century, animal breeding started to decline in economic importance, as the fields had become overgrazed and denuded. It took nearly 100 years before the region developed its next major agricultural commodity. In the 19th century, Kecskemét was already part of an important wine district, but the city increased in importance after the vine-pest destroyed most vineyards in the hilly regions. Damage was less significant in the plains' areas of loose, sandy soil. In the 1870s, landowners planted large plantations of grapevines around the town. These were the basis of the 20th-century vineyards and wine industry of the 20th century in Kecskemét. Cottage-type settlements grew up at the vineyards to house workers, a pattern still characteristic of the rural areas around the town. The growth of the wine industry stimulated those of the food industry and trade. The city is still known for its ''barackpálinka'', an apricot brandy.
With their accumulation of capital, peasants began to adopt bourgeois customs and goods, stimulating trade in the town. Such regional wealth led to construction of new buildings, especially those surrounding Kecskemét's main square. This Art Nouveau complex is architecturally significant: the Town Hall, the New College, the Ornamented Palace, the Luther-Palace, the House of Trade (today the House of Young), and the Gentlemen's Casino, now used as the Hungarian Museum of Photography.
The town's growth suffered in the 1929–33 economic world crisis and Great Depression, followed by the upheaval and destruction of World War II. During the war and especially May–June 1944, Hungarian authorities rounded up and deported most of the Jews from the city to Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, where most were killed. Jewish Hungarians had been an important part of Kecskemét's thriving culture and trade. After 1945, the new Hungarian People's Republic, Communist government, strongly influenced by the Soviet Union, imposed a different social-political system. Kecskemét's development slowed. Due to reorganisation in local government, Kecskemét lost its big territory; several new independent villages were formed in the area. They were economically connected to the town.
In 1950, for the first time, Kecskemét took on a significant political administrative role, as it was made seat of the country's largest county, Bács-Kiskun. In the special system of the so-called ''controlled economy'' under the Communist regimes, such status provided political and financial advantages that greatly helped the city continue its growth. The architect József Kerényi (1900–1975) adapted and renovated several historic buildings for other uses, helping keep the varied historical character of the city alive. For instance, in the early 1970s, he renovated the early-eighteenth-century Franciscans, Franciscan monastery for use as the Zoltán Kodály Conservatory; it opened for classes in 1975.
The Hungarian Association of Photographers formed the Hungarian Photography Foundation in 1990. It helped raise funds for the restoration of an 18th-century building in Kecskemét last used as an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox synagogue. It was adapted for the Hungarian Museum of Photography (''Magyar Fotográfiai Múzeum''), which opened in 1991. The museum holds work by Hungarian and other photographers of international and national reputations. It especially collects Hungarian photographers who successfully worked abroad.
On 18 June 2008, German car manufacturer Daimler AG, Daimler announced that it would build a Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant in Kecskemét, planning to invest €800 million (US$1.24 billion). The plant, one of the biggest if not the biggest-ever in the region, provides work for 2,500 people.
As of 2021, the largest companies were:
*Mercedes-Benz – cars: 5,000 employees
*Duvenbeck IMMO – logistic: 1,100 employees
*ACPS Automotive – towbars: 1,000 employees
*Knorr-Bremse – brakes: 950 employees
*Phoenix Mecano – enclosures and mechanical components: 850 employees
*CabTec – cable: 800 employees
*Fornetti – baked goods: 800 employees
*Univer Product – canned goods: 800 employees
In the city, unemployment is extremely low. Over the last few years, thousands of jobs have been created to promote a low unemployment rate. In 2021, unemployment was 3.60%.
With the 1900s industrialisation of Hungary, Kecskemét developed public transportation by trams for a population of 50,000. Not until after World War II did bus travel begin in the city. In 2010, with competitive funding from the European Union, EU, the city launched a number of trolley bus lines and in 2011 completely rebuilt the town centre as a trolleybus and pedestrian tourist zone.
Currently, bus travel is the only public transportation to many destinations. Bus destinations ():
*1 Noszlopy park - GAMF - Homokbánya kollégium
*1D Homokbánya kollégium - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*2 Széchenyi tér - Rendőrfalu
*2A Széchenyi tér - Gokart Stadion
*2D Noszlopy park - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*2S Noszlopy park - Déli Ipartelep - SMP gyár
*3 Széchenyi tér - Műkertváros - Nyíri Úti Kórház
*3A Széchenyi tér - Műkertváros
*4 Margaréta Otthon - Széchenyi tér - Repülőtér
*4A Széchenyi tér - Kisfái
*4C Széchenyi tér - Repülőtér
*5 Széchenyi tér - Máriaváros
*6 Széchenyi tér - Szeleifalu
*7 Noszlopy park - Knorr Bremse - Szilády Nyomda
*7C Noszlopy park - Mindszenti körút
*9 Széchenyi tér - Talfája köz
*10 Széchenyi tér - TESCO M5 Hipermarket
*11 Széchenyi tér - Petőfiváros - Kadafalvi út
*11A Széchenyi tér - Petőfiváros - AUCHAN Kereskedelmi Központ
*12 Margaréta Otthon - Belváros - Köztemető I. kapu
*12D Hunyadiváros (Serleg utca) - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*13 Széchenyi tér - Knorr Bremse
*13D Széchenyi tér - Mercedes-gyár I. kapu
*13K Széchenyi tér - Georg Knorr út
*14 Széchenyi tér - Széchenyiváros
*14D Széchenyiváros (Margaréta Otthon) - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*15 Noszlopy park - Hetényegyháza
*15D Hetényegyháza - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*16 Széchenyi tér - Miklovicsfalu
*18 Széchenyi tér - Köztemető II. kapu
*19 Noszlopy park - Miklóstelep
*20 Széchenyi tér - Megyei Kórház - Széchenyiváros
*20H Széchenyi tér - Köztemető II. kapu - Kórházak - Széchenyi tér
*21 Noszlopy park - Széchenyiváros - Nagykörút - Noszlopy park
*21D Noszlopy park - Kurucz körút - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*22 Noszlopy park - Csabay Géza körút - Nagykörút - Noszlopy park
*23 Széchenyi tér - Katonatelep
*23A Széchenyi tér - Hunyadiváros - Katonatelep
*25 Noszlopy park - Műkertváros
*28 Széchenyi tér - Szeleifalu
*29 Széchenyi tér - Hetényegyháza
*32 Noszlopy park - Matkó
*34 Kadafalva - Széchenyiváros - Kadafalva
*34A Széchenyi tér - Széchenyiváros - Kadafalva
*34V Kadafalva - Petőfiváros - Kadafalva
*169 Széchenyi tér - Miklovicsfalu - Széchenyi tér
*350 Máriaváros vasútállomás - Széchenyiváros
*353 Hetényegyháza vasútállomás - Hetényegyháza központ
*354 Hetényegyháza vasútállomás - Hetényegyháza központ
*916 Széchenyi tér - Talfája köz - Széchenyi tér
MiG-21 Monument
File:Ev. templom (2225. számú műemlék).jpg, Lutheranism, Evangelical Church
File:Görögkeleti templom (Szentháromság) (2252. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church
www.csuszdapark.hu
*Kecskemét Baths http://www.kecskemetifurdo.hu/ *Kecskemét Wild Park http://www.zookecskemet.hu/ *Katona József Theatre of Kecskemét http://kecskemetikatona.hu/hu/english. *Kecskemét Arboretum http://www.kecskemetiarboretum.hu/
Csiperó- Future of Europe International childrend and youth meeting
*Kecskemét Animation Film Festival *Kecskemét Air Show
Kecskemét's local map
Aerial photography: Kecskemét
"Hungarian Museum of Photography"
Official Website, English
Kecskemét at funiq.hu
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Hungary
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. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat
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of Bács-Kiskun.
Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest
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and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, from both of them and almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, the Danube
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and the Tisza
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The Tisza be ...
. It is the northern of two centres of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain (Hungarian: Dél- Alföld) region (comprising the three counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés
Békés (; ro, Bichiş; sk, Békéš) is a town in Békés County, Hungary. It lies about north of Békéscsaba and east of Budapest.
History
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and Csongrád
Csongrád ( ro, Ciongrad; tr, Conğrad sr, Чонград, Čongrad, archaically also ''Црноград/Crnograd'') is a town in Csongrád County in southern Hungary.
History
At the time of the Hungarian Conquest (the end of 9th century) the ...
); the southern centre is Szeged, the seat of Csongrád county.
Etymology
The name of the city stems from the Hungarian word ''kecske'' meaning "goat
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" and ''-mét'' meaning "Mountain pass, pass".
Geography
Kecskemét was established at the meeting point of a large sandy region and a sandy yellow soil; its elevation is Metres above sea level, above sea level. The territory west of the city is covered by wind-blown sand, characterised by the almost parallel northern-southern sand dunes and the plain between them. At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, the pastures had become depleted. Overgrazing by cattle had destroyed the natural vegetation cover, and the movement of sand seriously endangered the town. Concentrated reforestation and planting of fruit and vines was carried out to stabilise the soil again. Kecskemét is in the centre of Kiskunság, one of Hungary's famous regions. The Kiskunság National Park was established in 1975 to preserve the many different regional species of plants and animals. It is a "mosaic"-type national park, consisting of units that are not connected.Climate
The characteristic weather in the Kecskemét region of Kiskunság is continental warm, dry, sometimes extreme. The amount of sunlight makes it possible for the region to produce agricultural products such as wheat, apricots, red peppers, and tomatoes. The warmest month in Kecskemét is July, with an average temperature of ; the coldest is January, with . Early spring and late autumn frosts are frequent on the Great Hungarian Plain. The possibility of frost usually ends only in the middle of April. After the third week of October, the temperature is frequently below .History
The first Archaeology, archaeological trace of a human in the area is about five thousand years old. The Sarmatians invaded the area in the first century Anno Domini, B.C.; since then the area has been continuously inhabited by a variety of cultures. János Hornyik, the first town historian, believed that the settlement known as ''Partiskum'' of the Sarmatian Iazyges, Jazygian was here. Contemporary consensus among historians is that it is more likely permanent settlement occurred only after the Hungarian conquest. At the beginning of the 13th century, there were seven villages in the area, each with a population of 200–300 formed near the village church, a typical rural pattern. They were all destroyed by the First Mongol invasion of Hungary, Mongol Invasion. Some of the villages revived at the time of the Cumans, Cumanians' colonization.
As Kecskemét was situated at an important trading route, it grew as a customhouse and a market-place; in 1368 it was identified in one of King of Hungary, King Louis I of Hungary's charters as an ''oppidium'' (town). The town's active economic life and relatively dense population attracted more traders, craftsmen and residents, including History of the Jews in Hungary, Jews who became an important part of the town.
During the Ottoman Empire, Turkish invasion, settlers from neighboring villages sought shelter in Kecskemét, which was protected by defensive palisades. They also were escaping the oppression of the ''spahi'' landlords. In addition to the protection of its setting, the town of Kecskemét had arranged to pay tax directly to the ''pasha'' in Buda, thus gaining his protection and enjoying a special situation.
Kecskemét gradually absorbed the lands of those who had taken refuge in the town. Residents created a large Common land, common field for the animals they were breeding. By the beginning of the 18th century, residents held nearly 30,000 cattle, which grazed on an almost field.
At the end of the 18th century, animal breeding started to decline in economic importance, as the fields had become overgrazed and denuded. It took nearly 100 years before the region developed its next major agricultural commodity. In the 19th century, Kecskemét was already part of an important wine district, but the city increased in importance after the vine-pest destroyed most vineyards in the hilly regions. Damage was less significant in the plains' areas of loose, sandy soil. In the 1870s, landowners planted large plantations of grapevines around the town. These were the basis of the 20th-century vineyards and wine industry of the 20th century in Kecskemét. Cottage-type settlements grew up at the vineyards to house workers, a pattern still characteristic of the rural areas around the town. The growth of the wine industry stimulated those of the food industry and trade. The city is still known for its ''barackpálinka'', an apricot brandy.
With their accumulation of capital, peasants began to adopt bourgeois customs and goods, stimulating trade in the town. Such regional wealth led to construction of new buildings, especially those surrounding Kecskemét's main square. This Art Nouveau complex is architecturally significant: the Town Hall, the New College, the Ornamented Palace, the Luther-Palace, the House of Trade (today the House of Young), and the Gentlemen's Casino, now used as the Hungarian Museum of Photography.
The town's growth suffered in the 1929–33 economic world crisis and Great Depression, followed by the upheaval and destruction of World War II. During the war and especially May–June 1944, Hungarian authorities rounded up and deported most of the Jews from the city to Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, where most were killed. Jewish Hungarians had been an important part of Kecskemét's thriving culture and trade. After 1945, the new Hungarian People's Republic, Communist government, strongly influenced by the Soviet Union, imposed a different social-political system. Kecskemét's development slowed. Due to reorganisation in local government, Kecskemét lost its big territory; several new independent villages were formed in the area. They were economically connected to the town.
In 1950, for the first time, Kecskemét took on a significant political administrative role, as it was made seat of the country's largest county, Bács-Kiskun. In the special system of the so-called ''controlled economy'' under the Communist regimes, such status provided political and financial advantages that greatly helped the city continue its growth. The architect József Kerényi (1900–1975) adapted and renovated several historic buildings for other uses, helping keep the varied historical character of the city alive. For instance, in the early 1970s, he renovated the early-eighteenth-century Franciscans, Franciscan monastery for use as the Zoltán Kodály Conservatory; it opened for classes in 1975.The Hungarian Association of Photographers formed the Hungarian Photography Foundation in 1990. It helped raise funds for the restoration of an 18th-century building in Kecskemét last used as an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox synagogue. It was adapted for the Hungarian Museum of Photography (''Magyar Fotográfiai Múzeum''), which opened in 1991. The museum holds work by Hungarian and other photographers of international and national reputations. It especially collects Hungarian photographers who successfully worked abroad.
On 18 June 2008, German car manufacturer Daimler AG, Daimler announced that it would build a Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant in Kecskemét, planning to invest €800 million (US$1.24 billion). The plant, one of the biggest if not the biggest-ever in the region, provides work for 2,500 people.
Economy
In March 2012, the German automobile manufacturer Daimler AG opened a plant nearby Kecskemét, to manufacture the new Mercedes-Benz B-Class, B-Class, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, A-Class and Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class, CLA-Class models. The Stuttgart-based company invested €800 million (US$1.24 billion) to build the new plant, which is expected to create 3,000 new jobs in the region. According to the plans, more than 100,000 vehicles will be produced annually at the factory.
As of 2021, the largest companies were:
*Mercedes-Benz – cars: 5,000 employees
*Duvenbeck IMMO – logistic: 1,100 employees
*ACPS Automotive – towbars: 1,000 employees
*Knorr-Bremse – brakes: 950 employees
*Phoenix Mecano – enclosures and mechanical components: 850 employees
*CabTec – cable: 800 employees
*Fornetti – baked goods: 800 employees
*Univer Product – canned goods: 800 employees
In the city, unemployment is extremely low. Over the last few years, thousands of jobs have been created to promote a low unemployment rate. In 2021, unemployment was 3.60%.
Public transport
With the 1900s industrialisation of Hungary, Kecskemét developed public transportation by trams for a population of 50,000. Not until after World War II did bus travel begin in the city. In 2010, with competitive funding from the European Union, EU, the city launched a number of trolley bus lines and in 2011 completely rebuilt the town centre as a trolleybus and pedestrian tourist zone.
Currently, bus travel is the only public transportation to many destinations. Bus destinations ():
*1 Noszlopy park - GAMF - Homokbánya kollégium
*1D Homokbánya kollégium - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*2 Széchenyi tér - Rendőrfalu
*2A Széchenyi tér - Gokart Stadion
*2D Noszlopy park - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*2S Noszlopy park - Déli Ipartelep - SMP gyár
*3 Széchenyi tér - Műkertváros - Nyíri Úti Kórház
*3A Széchenyi tér - Műkertváros
*4 Margaréta Otthon - Széchenyi tér - Repülőtér
*4A Széchenyi tér - Kisfái
*4C Széchenyi tér - Repülőtér
*5 Széchenyi tér - Máriaváros
*6 Széchenyi tér - Szeleifalu
*7 Noszlopy park - Knorr Bremse - Szilády Nyomda
*7C Noszlopy park - Mindszenti körút
*9 Széchenyi tér - Talfája köz
*10 Széchenyi tér - TESCO M5 Hipermarket
*11 Széchenyi tér - Petőfiváros - Kadafalvi út
*11A Széchenyi tér - Petőfiváros - AUCHAN Kereskedelmi Központ
*12 Margaréta Otthon - Belváros - Köztemető I. kapu
*12D Hunyadiváros (Serleg utca) - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*13 Széchenyi tér - Knorr Bremse
*13D Széchenyi tér - Mercedes-gyár I. kapu
*13K Széchenyi tér - Georg Knorr út
*14 Széchenyi tér - Széchenyiváros
*14D Széchenyiváros (Margaréta Otthon) - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*15 Noszlopy park - Hetényegyháza
*15D Hetényegyháza - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*16 Széchenyi tér - Miklovicsfalu
*18 Széchenyi tér - Köztemető II. kapu
*19 Noszlopy park - Miklóstelep
*20 Széchenyi tér - Megyei Kórház - Széchenyiváros
*20H Széchenyi tér - Köztemető II. kapu - Kórházak - Széchenyi tér
*21 Noszlopy park - Széchenyiváros - Nagykörút - Noszlopy park
*21D Noszlopy park - Kurucz körút - Mercedes gyár I. kapu
*22 Noszlopy park - Csabay Géza körút - Nagykörút - Noszlopy park
*23 Széchenyi tér - Katonatelep
*23A Széchenyi tér - Hunyadiváros - Katonatelep
*25 Noszlopy park - Műkertváros
*28 Széchenyi tér - Szeleifalu
*29 Széchenyi tér - Hetényegyháza
*32 Noszlopy park - Matkó
*34 Kadafalva - Széchenyiváros - Kadafalva
*34A Széchenyi tér - Széchenyiváros - Kadafalva
*34V Kadafalva - Petőfiváros - Kadafalva
*169 Széchenyi tér - Miklovicsfalu - Széchenyi tér
*350 Máriaváros vasútállomás - Széchenyiváros
*353 Hetényegyháza vasútállomás - Hetényegyháza központ
*354 Hetényegyháza vasútállomás - Hetényegyháza központ
*916 Széchenyi tér - Talfája köz - Széchenyi tér
Demographics
Kecskemét has 107,267 residents (). The population is homogeneous with a large Hungarian majority. A few thousand of the Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority live in the city; they formed their independent minority government in 1994. (95% Hungarians, Hungarian; 0.8% Romani; 0.4% Germans of Hungary, German; 0.2% Slovaks, Slovak; 4.8% other.) The city had a thriving History of the Jews in Hungary, Jewish population before World War II, as represented by their grand synagogue. Most of the Jews were deported by the Nazi Germany, Nazi forces in 1944 to Internment, concentration camps, where they were killed. The Vice President of the German minority in Kecskemet is Ms Rozalia Neuendorf. Since 19 March 2007, there is also a minority self-government for Croats of Hungary, Croats in Kecskemét.Districts
Kecskemét is divided into 21+1 sections. *Belváros (Downtown) *I. Árpádváros (Árpádtown) *II. Máriaváros (Mary, mother of Jesus, Marytown) *III. Széchenyiváros (István Széchenyi, Széchenyitown) *IV. Bethlenváros (Gabriel Bethlen, Bethlentown) *V. Rákócziváros (Francis II Rákóczi, Rákóczitown) *VI. Erzsébetváros (Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Elisabethtown) *VII. Kossuthváros (Lajos Kossuth, Kossuthtown) *VIII. Hunyadiváros (John Hunyadi, Hunyaditown) *IX. Szent István-város (Műkertváros, Szolnoki-hegy) (Stephen I of Hungary, Saint Stephen town) *X. Szent László-város (Rendőrfalu) (Ladislaus I of Hungary, Saint Ladislaus town) *XI. Alsószéktó (Szeleifalu) *XII. Felsőszéktó (Petőfiváros, Sutusfalu) *XIII. Talfája *XIV. Katonatelep *XV. Repülőtér (Reptéri-lakótelep) *XVI. Matkó *XVII. Kadafalva *XVIII. Szarkás *XIX. Hetényegyháza *XX. Méntelek *XXI. BorbáspusztaMain sights
*Kecskemét City Hall, City Hall *"Cifra Palota" *Co-Cathedral of the Ascension of the Lord, Kecskemét *Old Church *Synagogue *József Katona Theatre *Hungarian Museum of Photography *Museum of Hungarian Naive ArtistsMiG-21 Monument
Activities
*Adventure Spa & Waterslide Parwww.csuszdapark.hu
*Kecskemét Baths http://www.kecskemetifurdo.hu/ *Kecskemét Wild Park http://www.zookecskemet.hu/ *Katona József Theatre of Kecskemét http://kecskemetikatona.hu/hu/english. *Kecskemét Arboretum http://www.kecskemetiarboretum.hu/
Events
Csiperó- Future of Europe International childrend and youth meeting
*Kecskemét Animation Film Festival *Kecskemét Air Show
Politics
The current mayor of Kecskemét is Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki (Fidesz-KDNP). The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 Hungarian local elections, 2019 local government elections, is made up of 21 members (1 Mayor, 14 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:List of mayors
List of City Mayors from 1990:Notable natives and residents
*András Gáspár (1804–1884), Hungarian General officer, General *Adrienne Nagy (born 1988) Hungarian pop singer *József Katona (1791–1830), author *Antal Szabó (1875-1926), painter *Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967), Hungarian composer, Ethnomusicology, ethnomusicologist, educator, Linguistics, linguist and philosopher. A music conservatory was named in his honor. The train station was built on the site of his family's house. *Kálmán Latabár (1902–1970), actor, comedian *Nicolas Abraham (1919–1975), French psychoanalyst *Ákos Kónya (born 1974), ultramarathonerTwin towns – sister cities
Kecskemét is Sister city, twinned with: * Aomori (city), Aomori, Japan * Berehove, Ukraine * Coventry, United Kingdom * Dornbirn, Austria * Galanta, Slovakia * Szabadka, Serbia * Hyvinkää, Finland * Lidköping Municipality, Lidköping, Sweden * Nahariya, Israel * Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany * Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania * Târgu Mureș, Romania * Tekirdağ, Turkey * Gmina Wadowice, Wadowice, PolandFriendly cities
Kecskemét also cooperates with: * Großenhain, Germany * Novi Sad, Serbia * Tábor, Czech RepublicMilitary
The MH 59th "Dezső Szentgyörgyi" Tactical Wing, the only jet fighter unit of the Hungarian Defence Forces, is based at Kecskemét air force base. The Kecskemét Air Show is held here every two years.Sport
*Kecskeméti TE, association football club *Kecskeméti LC, association football clubReferences
;NotesExternal links
* in Hungarian, English and GermanKecskemét's local map
Aerial photography: Kecskemét
"Hungarian Museum of Photography"
Official Website, English
Kecskemét at funiq.hu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kecskemet Kecskemét, County seats in Hungary Cities with county rights of Hungary Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County Populated places established in the 9th century