Püspökladány (pronounced ) is the sixth largest town of
Hajdú-Bihar county in North Eastern
Hungary
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with a population of approximately 16,000 people. It is located southwest of
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 ...
at the juncture of three regions:
Sárrét,
Hortobágy and
Nagykunság. It is an important transportation hub at the junction of national highway 4 from
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
to
Záhony
Záhony () is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Northern Great Plain, eastern Hungary.
It covers an area of and has a population of 4675 people (2005). It is near the Ukrainian border (at Chop and Solomonovo) and was part of Ung co ...
, and national highway No. 42 from
Romania
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to
Biharkeresztes. The town is served by four different rail lines.
Twin towns – sister cities
Püspökladány is
twinned with:
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Fischamend
Fischamend () is a town in the district of Bruck an der Leitha District, Bruck an der Leitha in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It belonged to Wien-Umgebung District which was dissolved in 2016.
Population
Geography
Fischamend lies in th ...
, Austria
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Ghindari, Romania
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Hämeenlinna
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, Finland
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Hattem, Netherlands
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Krasnystaw
Krasnystaw is a town in southeastern Poland with 18,630 inhabitants (31 December 2019). It is the capital of Krasnystaw County in the Lublin Voivodeship.
The town is famous for its beer festival called ''Chmielaki'' ( means hops, hop), and for i ...
, Poland
References
External links
* in Hungarian
Health Spa in PüspökladányWelcome to Püspökladány
Populated places in Hajdú-Bihar County
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