Füzesgyarmat is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Békés county Békés (, , ) is an administrative division (county or ''vármegye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital ...

, in the

Southern Great Plain The Southern Great Plain ( ) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Southern Great Plain includes the counties of Bács-Kiskun, Békés, and Csongrád-Csanád. The region is in the ...

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of south-east

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much 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 south, Croatia and ...

History

Jewish community

Jewish community Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly inte ...

lived in the village from the beginning of the 19th century until it was destroyed by the Nazis during the

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. In 1880, there were 171 Jews in the place and by 1930 already 230 lived there. A

synagogue A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as wed ...

was built in 1929 and it exists to this day and serves as a school.The Jewish Community of Fuzesgyarmat
in The Museum of The Jewish People website

Geography

It covers an area of and has a population of 5,774 people (2014).

Sport

Füzesgyarmati SK Füzesgyarmati Sport Klub is a professional football club based in Füzesgyarmat, Békés County, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III, the third tier of Hungarian football. History Füzesgyarmati SK is going to compete in the ...

, association football club

Twin towns – sister cities

Füzesgyarmat is twinned with: * Ojdula, Romania *

Zimandu Nou Zimandu Nou () is a commune located in Arad County, Romania, is situated in the Arad Plateau and it stretches over 7430 hectares. Administration It is composed of three villages: Population According to the 2011 census, the population of the ...

, Romania

References

External links

* in Hungarian Populated places in Békés County {{Bekes-geo-stub