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Törökszentmiklós [tørøksɛntmikloːʃ] is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. It is the third-largest settlement in the county.
Törökszentmiklós | |
|---|---|
 Törökszentmiklós Palace from above | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Törökszentmiklós | |
| Coordinates: 47°11′N 20°25′E / 47.183°N 20.417°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
| District | Törökszentmiklós |
| Area | |
| • Total | 185.16 km2 (71.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 23,145 |
| • Density | 125/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5200 |
| Area code | (+36) 56 |
| Website | www |
Geography
editIt covers an area of 185.16 km2 (71 sq mi) and has a population of 23,145 (2002).
History
editThe settlement was first mentioned (as Zenthmyclos) in charters of King Zsigmond in 1399.
In 1552 the castle of Balaszentmiklós fell under the Turkish siege. ("Törok" is Hungarian for "Turkish".) In 1685 it was destroyed.
In 1738 the settlement, then known as Török Szent Miklós, became a market town.
Politics
editBetween the 1990s and 2014 local politics were dominated by Fidesz and Fidesz-supporting independent groups, but Jobbik became the majority party in the Municipal Assembly at the 2014 Hungarian local elections.[1]
The current mayor of Törökszentmiklós is Imre Markót (Our Home Szentmiklós).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 Hungarian local elections, is made up of 11 members (1 mayor, 7 individual constituency MEPs and 3 compensation list MEPs) divided between these political parties and alliances:[2]
| Party | Seats | Current Municipal Assembly | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Home Szentmiklós | 6 | M | ||||||
| Fidesz-KDNP | 5 | |||||||
| Independent | 1 | |||||||
Sport
editThe association football club, Törökszentmiklósi FC, is based in the town.
Twin towns – sister cities
editTörökszentmiklós is twinned with:[3]
Lendava, Slovenia
Nevetlenfolu, Ukraine
Ryglice, Poland
Senta, Serbia
Sic, Romania
References
edit- ^ "Evkjkv2".
- ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Törökszentmilós (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ "Testvértelepülések". torokszentmiklos.hu (in Hungarian). Törökszentmiklós. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
External links
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- Official website in Hungarian
- Törökszentmiklós, Hungary at JewishGen
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