Jászfényszaru is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the
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
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of central Hungary.
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
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of 5567 people (2015).
It is the meeting of three regions: the
North-Hungary, the
North-Plain and the Central region.
The neighbouring towns are:
Hatvan
Hatvan ( German: ''Hottwan)'' is a town in Heves County, Hungary. Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is the county's third most populous town following Eger and Gyöngyös.
Etymology
Hatvan is the Hungarian word for "sixty". It is a com ...
,
Csány and Boldog (
Heves
Heves is a small town in eastern Hungary. About 100 km east of Budapest, Heves lies at the northern extreme of the Great Hungarian Plain, just south of the Mátra and Bükk hills and west of the Tisza River. Heves gave its name to Heves Cou ...
county),
Pusztamonostor (
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county),
Zsámbok,
Szentlőrinckáta and
Tóalmás
Tóalmás is a village in Pest county, Hungary.
History
The village first appears in writing in 1406 under the name "''Almás''". During the Árpád dynasty, the land belonged to a nearby Premonstratensian monastery. A settlement began to em ...
(
Pest county).
Jászfényszaru is at the mouth of
Zagyva
The Zagyva is a river in Hungary. This 179 km long river drains a basin of 5,677 km2. The source is near Salgótarján in Nógrád county. It flows through the towns of Bátonyterenye, Pásztó, Hatvan and Jászberény and flows into t ...
and
Galga rivers.
The town has 2 twin-cities:
Zakliczyn
Zakliczyn is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 1,541 (2010). Zakliczyn lies on the right bank of the Dunajec river, surrounded by wooded hills above sea level. Zakliczyn has a town hall, located in ...
(Poland) and
Bors
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(Romania).
It has the second largest
Samsung
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factory in Europe after the Slovakian one.
Twin towns – sister cities
Jászfényszaru is
twinned with:
*
Borș, Romania
*
Hat
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, Ukraine
*
Kiskunfélegyháza
Kiskunfélegyháza () is a city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary.
Geography
Kiskunfélegyháza is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. M5 motorway, Highway 5, 451, Budapest–Cegléd–Szeged railway line ...
, Hungary
*
Zakliczyn
Zakliczyn is a town in Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 1,541 (2010). Zakliczyn lies on the right bank of the Dunajec river, surrounded by wooded hills above sea level. Zakliczyn has a town hall, located in ...
, Poland
References
External links
* in Hungarian, English, German and Polish
Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
Jászság
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