Karcag
Karcag (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒrt͡sɒg]) is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
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 City Hall in Karcag | |
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| Coordinates: 47°18′40″N 20°54′58″E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
| District | Karcag |
| Area | |
| • Total | 368.63 km2 (142.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 19,732 |
| • Density | 61.25/km2 (158.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5300 |
| Area code | (+36) 59 |
| Website | karcag |
Transport
Aerial view of the Zádor Bridge
Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here.
Geography
Karcag covers an area of 368.63 km2 (142 sq mi) and has a population of 20,632 people (2011).
| Significant minority groups | |
| Nationality | Population (2011) |
|---|---|
| German | 48 |
| Romanian | 20 |
| Russian | 8 |
| Slovakian | 8 |
| Serbian | 6 |
Politics
The current mayor of Karcag is László Dobos (Fidesz-KDNP).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 12 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[1]
| Party | Seats | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidesz-KDNP | 9 | M | |||||||||
| Jobbik | 2 | ||||||||||
| Momentum Movement | 1 | ||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Karcag is twinned with:
- Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania (1990)
- Kunszentmiklós, Hungary (2009)
- Lazdijai, Lithuania (2004)
- Lednice, Czech Republic (2006)
- Merki District, Kazakhstan (1998)
- Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia (1998)
- Schwarzheide, Germany (2004)
- Stara Moravica (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1994)
Notable people
- István Varró (died in 1770), the last speaker of the Cuman language
- Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–1779), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag
- Avram Hershko (born 1937), Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry
- Margit Sebők (1939–2000), painter and educator
- Kevin Varga (born 1996), footballer
- Mihály Varga (born 1965), politician, since 2013 Minister of National Economy
References
- "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Karcag (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
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- Official website in Hungarian, English, German and Italian
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