Nagykőrös is a town in
Pest County,
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 ...
.
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
Nagykőrös is a town in Pest County, Hungary.
János Arany taught there from about 1851, and a local museum is named ...
(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 officially branded as London 1948, were ...
(1920–2008), pentathlete
*István Kecskés (b. 1980), boxer
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István Reszeli Soós
István Reszeli Soós (born 14 August 1962, died 21 March 2015) was a Hungarian professional football manager and former player.
Managerial career
Győr
He debuted on 25 July 1998 with a draw against Gázszer FC in the 1998–99 Nemzeti Ba ...
(1962–2015), football manager
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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 12 February 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 betwe ...
(b. 1948), agrarian engineer and politician
Twin towns — sister cities
Nagykőrös is
twinned with:
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Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, Italy
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Espelkamp
Espelkamp () 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.
The is located on the site of a ...
, Germany
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Haaksbergen
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The ''Buurserbeek'' flows through the municipality of Haaksbergen.
Population centre ...
, Netherlands
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Reghin
Reghin (; , or ; ; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Reen'') is a city in Mureș County, Transylvania, central Romania, on the Mureș River. As of 2021, it had a population of 29,742, making it the second biggest city of the Mureș county, just behind th ...
, Romania
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Salonta
Salonta (; , colloquially , ; ) is a municipiu, city in Bihor County, in the geographical region of Crișana, north-western Romania, near the Hungarian border.
Population
According to the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, Salonta has a popu ...
, Romania
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Street map
Populated places in Pest County
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