Jászfényszaru 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 ...

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 ...

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of central Hungary.

Geography

It covers an

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of and has a

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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

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(Romania). It has the second largest

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factory in Europe after the Slovakian one.

Twin towns – sister cities

Jászfényszaru is twinned with: * Borș, Romania *

Hat A hat is a Headgear, head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory. Hats which incorpor ...

, 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 *

, Poland

References

External links

* in Hungarian, English, German and Polish Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Jászság {{Jasz-geo-stub