Jászapáti

Jászapáti is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.

Jászapáti
Town
Gróf Széchenyi István Catholic Secondary School
Flag
Coat of arms
Jászapáti
Location of Jászapáti
Coordinates: 47°30′45″N 20°08′30″E
Country Hungary
CountyJász-Nagykun-Szolnok
DistrictJászapáti
Area
 • Total78.16 km2 (30.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total8,313[1]
 • Density109.9/km2 (285/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5130
Area code(+36) 57
Websitewww.jaszapati.hu

Geography

It covers an area of 78.16 km2 (30 sq mi) and has a population of 8585 people (2014).[1]

Politics

The current mayor of Jászapáti is Ferenc Farkas (Fidesz-KDNP).

The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 9 members (1 Mayor and 8 Individual list MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[2]

Party Seats Current Municipal Assembly
  Fidesz-KDNP 6 M          
  JÖSZ 2            
  Independent 1            

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Jászapáti is twinned with:[3]

Notable residents
  • Aerial photography of Jászapáti
  • Jászapáti church
  • The train station in Jászapáti
  • Memorial for soldiers from Jászapáti during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
  • A cemetery chapel
  • Former Jászapáti mill

References
  1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 1 January 2018
  2. "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Jászapáti (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. "Testvérvárosaink". jaszapati.hu (in Hungarian). Jászapáti. Retrieved 22 April 2021.


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