Nagykőrös is a town in
Pest County,
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 ...
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János Arany
János Arany (; archaic English: John Arany; 2 March 1817 – 22 October 1882) was a Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 102 ballads that have been transl ...
taught there from about 1851, and a local museum is named for him.
Notable people
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Szabolcs Czira
Dr Szabolcs Czira (born 28 September 1951) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Nagykőrös ( Pest County Constituency XVI) from 1998 to 2014. He was a member of the Committee on Employment and Labour. Czira is t ...
(b. 1951), politician
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Frigyes Hegedűs
Frigyes Hegedűs (14 May 1920 – 1 June 2008) was a Hungarian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an intern ...
(1920–2008), pentathlete
*István Kecskés (b. 1980), boxer
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Mór Réthy
Mór Réthy (or Moritz Réthy) (1846–1925) was a Hungarian mathematician.
Life and work
Réthy attended the Technical Universities of Vienna and Budapest; he graduated in Budapest in 1870. After two years teaching in the Modern Technical Sch ...
(1846–1925), mathematician
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János Zatykó
János Zatykó (born February 12, 1948) is a Hungarian agrarian engineer and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Komárom (Komárom-Esztergom County Constituency IV) from 1994 to 2010. He also served as mayor of Komárom between ...
(b. 1948), agrarian engineer and politician
Twin towns — sister cities
Nagykőrös is
twinned with:
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Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole
Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole ( rgn, Castruchèira or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Forlì-Cesena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Forlì.
The ''comune'' co ...
, Italy
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Espelkamp
Espelkamp ( nds, Espelkämpe) is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Espelkamp is situated approximately 10 kilometers north of Lübbecke and 20 kilometers north-west of Minden.
Neighbouring pla ...
, Germany
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Haaksbergen
Haaksbergen () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region.
The ''Buurserbeek'' flows through the municipality of Haaksbergen.
Population centres
Topography
''Dutch Topograph ...
, Netherlands
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Reghin
Reghin (; hu, Szászrégen, or ; german: (Sächsisch) Regen) is a city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș River. As of 2011, it had a population of 33,281.Rezultatele finale ale Recensământului din 2011:
Locat ...
, Romania
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Salonta
Salonta (; hu, Nagyszalonta, italic=no, colloquially , ; ger, Grosssalontha, italic=no; tr, Salanta, italic=no) is a municipiu, city in Bihor County, in the geographical region of Crișana, north-western Romania, near the Hungarian border.
Po ...
, Romania
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Street map
Populated places in Pest County
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