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 ...
Northern Great Plain
The Northern Great Plain ( ) 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 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Be ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
of eastern
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 ...
.
Geography
It covers an
area
Area is the measure of a region's size on a surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-di ...
of and has a
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
of 17,172 people (2015).
Racetrack
On 21 June 2020, the
Magyar Nemzetkozi Motodrome
The Magyar Nemzetkozi Motodrome (English: Hungarian National Motodrome) was a planned motorsport racetrack project in Hajdúnánás, Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary. Currently not even under construction, the circuit was designed to host ...
was announced to be built near Hajdúnánás, at the centre of the
Debrecen
Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the large ...
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Miskolc
Miskolc ( , ; ; Czech language, Czech and ; ; ; ) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 as of 1 January 2014, Miskolc is the List of cities and towns in Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, ...
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Nyíregyháza
Nyíregyháza (, ) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in the Northern Great ...
triangle. This track would be suitable to host
MotoGP
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the highest class of motorcycle road racing events held on Road racing, road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held sin ...
, as well as
Formula 1
Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...
races in the future.
Notable residents
* Zoltán Nagy, footballer
* József Mónus, world recorder archer
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Zoltán Csehi
Zoltán Csehi (born 22 July 1972) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Hungary for various teams, among them: Nyíregyháza Spartacus, Kecskemét, Debrecen
Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's citi ...
, footballer
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Annamária Bogdanović
Annamária Bogdanović (also ''Bogdanovics''; née ''Orbán''; born 14 April 1982) is a former Hungarian handballer who played for Siófok KC. She has also been capped for the Hungarian national team. In 2016 she got 4 years suspension by the ...
, handballer
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Ágnes Szilágyi
Ágnes Szilágyi (born 7 March 1990 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian handballer.
Achievements
*Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a profe ...
, handballer
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Anita Kazai
Anita Kazai (born 28 May 1988) is a Hungarian handballer for Dunaújvárosi KKA and the Hungarian national team.
Career
A native of Szeged, has four siblings. When she was 16, playing with her school team on a tournament against schoolgirls ...
, handballer
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Valéria Szabó
Valéria Bányász-Szabó (born 2 March 1983 in Debrecen) is a former Hungarian people, Hungarian team handball, handballer who most recently played for Kisvárdai KC and for the Hungary women's national handball team, Hungarian national team.
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, handballer
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Tamás Kulcsár
Tamás Kulcsár (born 13 October 1982) is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Unione FC Budapest.
Career
Kulcsár was born in Debrecen.
On 1 May 2012, Kulcsár won the Magyar Kupa with Debrecen by beating MTK on p ...
, footballer
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Anett Sopronyi
Anett Sopronyi (born 27 November 1986 in Debrecen) is a retired Hungarian handballer who most recently played for DVSC and the Hungarian national team.
Sopronyi was spotted by Itxako in the 2010–11 edition of the EHF Champions League, wher ...
Gábor Tánczos
Gábor Tánczos (22 January 1872 – 11 August 1953) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1919 for few days. From 1907 to 1909 he was a military attaché in Belgrade, between 1914 and 1915 in Athens, and betw ...
, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1919)
* Viktória Rédei Soós, handballer
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István Spitzmüller
István Spitzmüller (born 14 May 1986) is a Hungarian football midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfi ...
, footballer
* Paul Ornstein, Hungarian-American psychoanalyst
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Béla Vihar
Béla Vihar () (23 May 1908 – 24 November 1978), born Béla Weisz, was a Hungarian poet, journalist, writer and teacher. He is known for his book entitled "Yellow Book, Facts of the Wartime Sufferings of Hungarian Jewry" which was the first do ...
, poet, journalist, writer, teacher
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Meinhart Maur
Meinhart Maur (, 18 August 1891 – 27 November 1964) was a Hungarian-German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1919 and 1954. He was born in Hajdúnánás into a Jewish family. He fled Nazi Germany in 1936 and settled in Lon ...
, German film actor
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Imre Hódos
Imre Hódos (January 10, 1928 – April 23, 1989) was a Hungary, Hungarian wrestling, wrestler who was born in Hajdúnánás and died in Debrecen. He was an Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Olympics
Hódos competed at the 1952 ...
, wrestler
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Henrietta Csiszár
Henrietta Csiszár (born 15 May 1994 in Hajdúnánás) is a Hungarian football midfielder currently playing in the Serie A Femminile for Inter Milan. She is the captain of the Hungarian national team.twinned with:
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Piešťany
Piešťany (; , , , ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its Piešťany District, own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around ...
, Slovakia
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Ustroń
Ustroń is a health resort town in Cieszyn Silesia, southern Poland. Since 1999, it has been part of the Silesian Voivodeship, having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998. It lies on the Silesian Beskids mountain ra ...
, Poland
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Valea lui Mihai
Valea lui Mihai (; ) is a town in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania.
Geography
The town is located at the northern tip of Bihor County, around north-east of the county seat, Oradea, on the border with Hungary. It is crossed by national road (on ...