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Almáskamarás
Almáskamarás is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 14.76 km² and has a population of 989 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°28′N 21°06′E / 46.467°N 21.1°E / 46.467; 21.1

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Baranya County
Baranya (Croatian: Baranja, Serbian: Барања, Baranja, German: Branau) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, in the Baranya region, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary (see: Baranya (former county)).
Baranya county lies in southern Hungary, on the border with Croatia. The river Drava forms part of its southern border, and the river Danube its eastern border. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Tolna and Bács-Kiskun. The capital of Baranya county is Pécs.
The northern part of the county is a mountain area with large forests (Mecsek Mountains). The central areas are shared between Baranya Hills and Villány Mountains. The very eastern and southern parts are flat.
The highest point in the county is the peak named "Zengő" in Mecsek Mountains, at 682 metres. This is also the highest point of the mountain range in question.
The climate is Mediterranean, with a high number of sunshine hours. Baranya has the highest amount of rainfall in the country. Baranya is rich in mineral and thermal water, and also in other resources, 98% of Hungary's coal resources can be found here.

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Battonya
Battonya (Romanian: Bătania, Serbian: Батања/Batanja) is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 145.77 km² and has a population of 6747 people (2007).
Coordinates: 46°17′N 21°01′E / 46.283°N 21.017°E / 46.283; 21.017

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Biharugra
Biharugra is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 52.87 km² and has a population of 1071 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°58′N 21°36′E / 46.967°N 21.6°E / 46.967; 21.6

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Budapest
Budapest ( /ˈbuːdəpɛst/, /ˈbuːdəpɛʃt/ or /ˈbʊdəpɛst/; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbudɒpɛʃt] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, the largest in East-Central Europe and the seventh largest in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. According to 2011 Census, Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter Area is home to 3.3 million people. The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi) within the city limits. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of west-bank Buda and Óbuda with east-bank Pest.
The history of Budapest began with Aquincum, originally a Celtic settlement that became the Roman capital of Lower Pannonia.Hungarians arrived in the territory in the 9th century. Their first settlement was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241-42. The re-established town became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture in the 15th century. Following the Battle of Mohács and nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule, development of the region entered a new age of prosperity in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Budapest became a global city after the 1873 unification. It also became the second capital of Austria-Hungary, a great power that dissolved in 1918. After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, when Hungary lost 72% of its former territory, culturally and economically the country became wholly Budapest-dominated. The capital dominates the country both by the size of its population—which dwarfs those of Hungary's other cities Budapest was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, Operation Panzerfaust in 1944, the Battle of Budapest of 1945, and the Revolution of 1956.

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Békés
Békés (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbeːkeːʃ]; Slovak: Békéš, Romanian: Bichiş) is a town in Békés county, Hungary. It lies about 10 km (6 mi) north of Békéscsaba and 190 km (118 mi) east of Budapest.
The area of the present town has been inhabited since ancient times, due to its good soil and proximity to rivers. After Hungarians conquered the area, Békés and its surroundings were the property of the Csolt clan. Békés (the name means "peaceful") was originally the name of the castle which gave its name to the comitatus, and, like many castles, was possibly named after its first steward. Many documents from the 13th century prove that Békés was the county seat. After 1403, when the area became the estate of the Maróthi family, Békés slowly lost its importance and the role of the centre of the comitatus was gradually taken over by Gyula.
In 1566 the castle of Gyula was occupied by the Ottoman army, and Békés fell under Ottoman rule too. The Ottomans built a motte castle in the town, but it was destroyed in 1595 when the Ottomans had to defend Gyula against the Hungarians who tried to get it back. The area became deserted. It was only exactly 100 years later, in 1695 that Békés was freed from Ottoman rule.

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Békés County
Békés County (Hungarian: Békés megye), is an administrative division (county or megye) in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital of Békés county is Békéscsaba. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.
Békés county lies on the Pannonian Plain (Great Plain), it is a flat area with good soil. Average rainfall is 645 mm/year. One-fifth of the natural gas resources of Hungary can be found in Békés. The river Körös/Criş runs through the county.
The county has a population of 377,000 (2008). More than 60 % of the population lives in towns. Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovaks (approx. 7,000), Roma (5,000), Romanians (4,000), Germans (1,500) and Serbs (400).
The area has been inhabited since 5000-4000 BC. Before the arrival of the Hungarians several other tribes lived in the area.
The castle of Gyula was built in the early 15th century. Gyula was the most significant town of the county at that time, and became county seat under Matthias I. It was an important fortress during the Ottoman wars in Europe but it was captured in 1566. During this time several towns were destroyed in the area.

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Békéscsaba
Békéscsaba (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbeːkeːʃˌtʃɒbɒ]; German: Tschabe, Romanian: Bichişciaba, Slovak: Békešská Čaba) is a city in Southeast Hungary, the capital of the county Békés.
According to the 2001 census, the city has a total area of 193.94 km² (75 sq mi).
The name of the city comes from the word "Békés", which means "peaceful" in Hungarian, and "Csaba", a popular Hungarian male given name of Turkish origin.
The area has been inhabited since the ancient times. In the Iron Age the area had been conquered by the Scythians, by the Celts, then by the Huns. After the Hungarian Conquest, there were many small villages in the area.
The village of Csaba was first mentioned in the 1330s. Besides Csaba, eight other villages stood where now the town stands. When the Turks conquered the southern and central parts of Hungary, and these territories became part of the Ottoman Empire, the town survived, but it became extinct during the fights against the Turks in the 17th century.
In 1715 Csaba is mentioned as a deserted place, but only one year later its name can be found in a document mentioning the tax-paying towns. It is likely that the new Csaba was founded by János György Harruckern, who earned distinction in the freedom fight against the Turks and bought the area of Békés county. By 1847 the town was among the twenty largest towns of Hungary, with a population of 22,000. Nevertheless, Csaba was still like a large village, with muddy streets and crowded houses.

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Békésszentandrás
Békésszentandrás is a village in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Békésszentandrás, the western gate of Békés county, lies along the left coast of the Hármas Körös river. The territory of the village is divided by the M44 road. The village is situated 150 km from Budapest, the capital city, and 50 km away from the town of Békéscsaba. It covers an area of 77.45 km² and has a population of 4,167 people (2001).
After the Hungarian conquest nearly seventy settlements were founded in the region of the Körös rivers. Archaeological research indicates there were a number of smaller settlements in this region which later were depopulated during the Mongol invasion. The first written reference about Békésszentandrás – as we now know is from 1297. The name of the village was mentioned for the first time in a controversial issue in 1329. Its autonomy was recognised on 18 April 1330 and became the property of the Úzvásári family under the name of Zenthandreas. Almost a hundred years later the settlement became the Crown's property again. Around 1436 King Sigismund donated it to his Knight János Hunyadi. The construction and flourishing of the Szentandrási estate began in that period. Around 1460 the estate received market town rights. After the death of János Hunyadi, his wife Erzsébet Szilágyi managed the estate. She was followed by János Corvin and András Dánfy. Under the leadership of the Dánfy family the estate fell into pieces, lost its integrated management and market town rights. The four parts of the village were shared by Miklós Nagyfalusi Toldy, Anna Dánfy, the Paksy and Patócsi family. The number of people living in Szentandrás under the Turkish rule often changed. Many of them left the settlement during the fighting at Gyula and just slowly drifted back to their village. Due to the high tax burden lots of people escaped to the free counties.

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Békéssámson
Békéssámson is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 71.25 km² and has a population of 2,627 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°25′N 20°38′E / 46.417°N 20.633°E / 46.417; 20.633

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Bélmegyer
Bélmegyer is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 63.05 km² and has a population of 1155 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°52′N 21°11′E / 46.867°N 21.183°E / 46.867; 21.183

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Central Hungary
Central Hungary is one of the seven statistical regions in Hungary (NUTS 1 and NUTS 2). It includes Budapest (the capital of the region) and Pest County.
Central Hungary’s subregions (population figures from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office as of 2009)
Central Hungary is part of the Budapest Central Transdanubia Tourist Region.
In 1987 a World Heritage Site was declared which includes Buda Castle, the Danube Riverbank, the Andrássy Avenue and its historic surroundings, the Millennium Underground Railway and Heroes' Square.
Other important landmarks in Buda are the Gellért Hill and the tomb of Gül Baba and Rudas Baths built during the Ottoman rule of Hungary, ruins of Old Buda, the Coliseum in Nagyszombat Street and the ruins of Aquincum. In the Buda Hills are the Chairlift, the Children's railway and caves with stalagmites and stalactites.
The most important landmarks in Pest are the Hungarian Parliament Building, the St. Stephen's Basilica, the Inner City Parish Church, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Vigadó Concert Hall, the Hungarian National Museum, the New York Palace on the Small Boulevard, the Dohány Street Synagogue, the Grand Boulevard, and the Museum of Applied Arts.

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Central Transdanubia
Central Transdanubia is a statistical (NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Transdanubia (NUTS 1) region. Central Transdanubia includes counties of Fejér, Komárom-Esztergom, and Veszprém.

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Csabacsűd
Csabacsüd is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 66.88km² and has a population of 2130 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°49′59″N 20°39′00″E / 46.833°N 20.65°E / 46.833; 20.65

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Csabaszabadi
Csabaszabadi is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 32.71km² and has a population of 380 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°34′N 20°57′E / 46.57°N 20.95°E / 46.57; 20.95

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Csanádapáca
Csanádapáca is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 51.31 km² (20 sq mi) and has a population of 2914 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°33′N 20°53′E / 46.55°N 20.883°E / 46.55; 20.883

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Csongrád County
This article is about the county. For the town see Csongrád. For the historical comitatus see Csongrád (former county).
Csongrád is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the both sides of the river Tisza, on the border with Serbia and Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Bács-Kiskun, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés. The administrative centre of Csongrád county is Szeged. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.
The area of Csongrád county is flat. It has a high number of sunshine hours and excellent soil, which makes it the most important agricultural area of Hungary. Its most famous products are paprika from Szeged and onion from Makó, but grain, vegetables and fruits are also significant. Half of the onion, paprika and vegetables produced in Hungary are from Csongrád. The county is also rich in oil and natural gas.
The highest point is Ásotthalom (125 m), the lowest is Gyálarét (78 m; lowest point of Hungary).

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Csorvás
Csorvás (Romanian: Ciorvaş) is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 90.18 km² and has a population of 5738 people (2001).
The town of Csorvás is situated in Békés county, next to the main road No. 47. The first written record of the town is from 1217 but Csorvás became an independent settlement in 1857.The town has a symmetrical lay-out and has been rebuilt three times during its history. During the excavations, archeologists found church ruins from the age of the Árpáds.
The development of the town is founded on the talent and diligence of its Hungarian, Slovak and Romanian inhabitants. At the time, agriculture was the primary industry and the settlement’s output was predominantly wheat, maize and pig and cattle breeding.
With the arrival of the Nagyvárad-Fiume railway line in 1871, Csorvás became the main transport centre for agricultural produce. By 1970, Csorvás was a large village with sufficiently developed infrastructure and canalization to ensure water and natural gas were readily available to inhabitants of the whole area.

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Csárdaszállás
Csárdaszállás is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 54.17 km² and has a population of 548 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°52′N 20°56′E / 46.867°N 20.933°E / 46.867; 20.933

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Debrecen
Debrecen (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdɛbrɛtsɛn] ( listen), known by alternative names), is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county.
The city was first mentioned by the name "Debrezun" in 1235. Theories say the name is of Cuman origin. In other languages the name of the city is the following : German Debrezin, Serbian Debr(e)cin Slovak Debrecín, Romanian Debreţin.
Debrecen is located on the Great Hungarian Plain, 220 km (137 mi) east of Budapest. Situated nearby is the Hortobágy, a national park within Hungary .
The city used to be somewhat isolated from Budapest, Hungary's main transport hub. However, the completion of the motorway M35 means Budapest can now be reached in under two hours. Debrecen Airport (the second largest in Hungary) has recently undergone modernisation in order to be able to handle more international flights, although almost all flights to and from Hungary still use Budapest's Ferihegy Airport. There's some cities that you can reach from the Debrecen Airport: Milan, Eindhoven and London. The closest airport with scheduled flights in terms of distance is Oradea Airport in Romania 1 hour and 20 minutes away from Debrecen. There have also been improvements to some parts of the railway between the capital and Debrecen as part of Hungary's mainly EU-funded National Development Plan for 2004 to 2006.^{[citation needed]}

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Doboz
Doboz is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 54.47 km² and has a population of 4563 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°44′N 21°15′E / 46.733°N 21.25°E / 46.733; 21.25

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Dombegyház
Dombegyház is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 57.96km² and has a population of 2431 people (2002).
Further information and pictures about Dombegyház are available at the official page http://www.dombegyhaz.hu (external link in Hungarian).
Coordinates: 46°20′19″N 21°7′52″E / 46.33861°N 21.13111°E / 46.33861; 21.13111

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Dombiratos
Dombiratos is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 18.31 km² and has a population of 757 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°25′N 21°07′E / 46.417°N 21.117°E / 46.417; 21.117

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Dunaújváros
Dunaújváros, known as Sztálinváros from its construction in 1951 to 1961, is an industrial city in Hungary's Central Transdanubia region lying along the Danube river. It is in Fejér county. The city was built around the village of Dunapentele.
Dunaújváros is one of the newest cities of the country. It was built in the 1950s during the industrialization of the country under Socialist rule, as a new city next to an already existing village, Dunapentele.
Dunapentele was not built on until the 1950s. The construction started on the Danube's right side. The area has been inhabited since ancient times. When Western Hungary was a Roman province under the name Pannonia, a military camp and a town called Intercisa stood in this place, at the border of the province. The Hungarians conquered the area in the early 10th century. The village Pentele, named after the medieval Greek saint, Pantaleon, was founded shortly after.
Between 1541 and 1688 the village was under Ottoman rule, and during the 15-year war it was completely destroyed. During the freedom fight led by Prince Francis II Rákóczi the place was deserted again. In the 18th century the village began to prosper. In 1830 the village got the right to hold two market days every week. In 1831 there was a cholera epidemic and the peasants revolted. In 1833 Pentele was granted town status (oppidum) by Ferdinand V. The citizens took part in the freedom fight in 1848-49.

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Dévaványa
Dévaványa () is a town in northern Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 216.73 km² and has a population of 8273 people (2008).
Coordinates: 47°02′N 20°58′E / 47.033°N 20.967°E / 47.033; 20.967

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Ecsegfalva
Ecsegfalva is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 78.99 km² and has a population of 1449 people (2002).
Coordinates: 47°09′N 20°55′E / 47.15°N 20.917°E / 47.15; 20.917

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Eger
Eger (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɛɡɛr]; German: Erlau; Turkish: Eğri ) is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings (including the northernmost Turkish minaret), and red and white wines.
The name Eger is thought to derive from the Hungarian word égerfa (alder tree). In German, the town is known as Erlau, in Latin as Agria, in Serbian and Croatian as Jegar / Јегар or Jegra / Јегра, in Czech and Slovene as Jager, in Slovak as Jáger, in Polish as Jagier, and in Turkish as Eğri.
Eger has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Today's Eger was formed in the 10th century by St. Stephen (997–1038), the first Christian king of Hungary, who founded an episcopal see in Eger. The first cathedral of Eger was built on Castle Hill, within the present site of Eger Castle. Eger grew up around its former cathedral and has remained an important religious centre in Hungary since its foundation. The 14th-16th centuries were an age of prosperity for Eger. Winegrowing, for which the town is still famous for, began to be important around that time. The bishops of Eger built beautiful buildings in the city during 18th and 19th centuries.

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Elek
Elek (Romanian: Aletea) is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 54.94 km² and has a population of 5567 people (2002).
Elek is twinned with:
Coordinates: 46°32′N 21°15′E / 46.533°N 21.25°E / 46.533; 21.25

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Fejér County
Fejér is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest, Bács-Kiskun, Tolna and Somogy. The capital of Fejér county is Székesfehérvár.
Geographically Fejér county is very diverse, its southern part is similar (and adjacent) to the Great Plain (Mezőföld), other parts are hilly (Bakony, Vértes, Gerecse mountains). Lake Velence, a popular resort can also be found here.
The area was already inhabited 20,000 years ago. When this part of Hungary formed a Roman province called Pannonia, several settlements stood here: the capital was Gorsium, but there were other significant towns too, where present-day Baracs and Dunaújváros are (the towns were called Annamatia and Intercisa, respectively). In the early Medieval period Huns and Avars lived in the area. After 586 several Nomadic people arrived in the area, until Hungarians conquered it in the late 9th century.

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Füzesgyarmat
Füzesgyarmat is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 127.41 km² and has a population of 6542 people (2002).
Coordinates: 47°06′N 21°13′E / 47.1°N 21.217°E / 47.1; 21.217

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Gerendás
Gerendás is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 40.78km² and has a population of 1576 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°35′49″N 20°51′36″E / 46.597°N 20.860°E / 46.597; 20.860

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Geszt
Geszt is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
The name of the village appeared first in a written document in 1213.
Kálmán Tisza, the Prime Minister of Hungary between 1875 and 1890, was born here.
It covers an area of 51.42 km² and has a population of 865 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°53′N 21°35′E / 46.883°N 21.583°E / 46.883; 21.583

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Gyomaendrőd
Gyomaendrőd is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. It is located at around 46°56′10″N 20°49′25″E / 46.93611°N 20.82361°E / 46.93611; 20.82361.
The smaller towns of Gyoma and Endrőd were united in 1982.
It covers an area of 303.98 km² and has a population of 15.523 people (2001).

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Győr
Coordinates: 47°41′03″N 17°38′04″E / 47.68417°N 17.63444°E / 47.68417; 17.63444
Győr (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟøːr] ( listen); German: Raab, Slovak: Ráb, names in other languages) is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county and Western Transdanubia region, and — halfway between Budapest and Vienna — lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe. The city is the sixth largest in Hungary, and one of the seven main regional centres of the country.
The area has been inhabited since ancient times. The first large settlement dates back to the 5th century BCE; the inhabitants were Celts. They called the town Arrabona, a name that was used for eight centuries and whose shortened form is still used as the German (Raab) and Slovak (Ráb) names of the city.
Roman merchants moved to Arrabona during the 1st century BCE, and around 10 CE the Roman army occupied the northern part of Western Hungary, which they called Pannonia. Although the Roman Empire abandoned the area in the 4th century due to constant attacks by the tribes living to the east, the town remained inhabited.

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Gádoros
Gádoros is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 38.13km² and has a population of 4095 people (2002). Photos from the village: http://www.gadoros.hu/album/pages/legifelv_jpg.htm
Coordinates: 46°40′N 20°36′E / 46.667°N 20.6°E / 46.667; 20.6

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Heves County
Heves county lies in northern Hungary. It lies between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. The capital of Heves county is Eger.
Heves county is a geographically diverse area; its northern part is mountainous (the Mátra and Bükk are the two highest mountain ranges in Hungary), while at south it includes a part of the Great Hungarian Plain. From south it's bordered by Lake Tisza, the largest artificial lake in Hungary. The average temperature is between 8 and 10 °C (higher on the southern parts of the county).
(ordered by population, as of 2001)
Kisnána - Castle from above
Tarnaméra: Aerial Photo of Almássí Castle
Pétervására - Palace
Noszvaj - Palace De La Motte
Erdőtelek - Palace Buttler
Mátraderecske - Castle
Noszvaj - Palace
Aerial photography: Erdőtelek - Palace
Feldebrő - Temple from above
Coordinates: 47°50′N 20°15′E / 47.833°N 20.25°E / 47.833; 20.25

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Hungary
Hungary ⁱ/ˈhʌŋɡəri/ (Hungarian: Magyarország [ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ] ( listen)) is a country, which is located in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The country's capital, and largest city, is Budapest. Hungary is a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the Visegrád Group, and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian, also known as Magyar, which is part of the Finno-Ugric group and is the most widely spoken non-Indo-European language in Europe.
Following a Celt (after c. 450 BC) and a Roman (AD 9 - c. 430) period, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian prince Árpád, whose great-grandson Saint Stephen I was crowned with a crown sent by the pope from Rome in 1000 AD. The Kingdom of Hungary lasted for 946 years, and at various points was regarded as one of the cultural centres of the Western world. After about 150 years of partial Ottoman occupation (1541–1699), Hungary was integrated into the Habsburg Monarchy, and later constituted half of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy (1867–1918).

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Hunya
Hunya is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 32.59 km² and has a population of 798 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°49′N 20°51′E / 46.817°N 20.85°E / 46.817; 20.85

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Hódmezővásárhely
Hódmezővásárhely (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈhoːdmɛzøːvaːʃaːrhɛj] ( listen); Croatian: Vašarhelj, Romanian: Ioneşti) is a city in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the river Tisza. The name of the town means "beaver field market place."
There is evidence of human habitation close to the modern town dating back 6000 years, and archaeological evidence suggests that the area has been continuously inhabited since then by a variety of different cultures. Neolithic dwellings recessed into the ground stored domestic items such as plates, as well as the Kökénydombi Vénusz fertility symbol. Remains have also been found from the Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and the great migrations period. The town's archaeological treasures can now be seen at the permanent archaeological exhibition of the Tornyai János Museum.
At the end of the 8th century, the settling Hungarians found mostly remnants of the nomadic population and of the agrarian and animal-breeding Slavs who were escaping from the Bulgarians.

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Kaposvár
Kaposvár (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒpoʃvaːr]; Croatian: Kapošvar, Kapuš(ar), Kapušvar, German: Kopisch, Ruppertsberg, Ruppertsburg, Slovene: Rupertgrad, Turkish: Kapoşvar, Serbian: Капошвар, Kapošvar) is the capital of the county of Somogy in Hungary. It lies 186 km (116 mi) south‐west of Budapest, on both sides of the Kapos River.
According to legend, the city was founded on seven hills (like Rome). The area had already been inhabited by 5000 BCE. From around 400 BCE, Celtic tribes inhabited the area.
The city was identified as "Kapos" in the founding document of the Episcopate of Pécs in 1009. The rectangular motte castle was reconstructed as a stone castle in the 15th century. The castle was destroyed in 1702 at the order of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.
The Ottomans occupied the city after a five-day siege in 1555, and stayed for 131 years. The city and area were freed from Ottoman rule in 1686.
In 1749 Kaposvár was designated the county seat. During the 1800s the city developed considerably, due to the importance of the railway line between Budapest and Zagreb. Kaposvár became an important industrial city.

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Kardos
Kardos is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 42.79 km² and has a population of 795 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°47′38″N 20°42′58″E / 46.794°N 20.716°E / 46.794; 20.716

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Kardoskút
Kardoskút is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 76.58 km² and has a population of 998 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°29′N 20°40′E / 46.483°N 20.667°E / 46.483; 20.667

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Kaszaper
Kaszaper is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 33.28 km² and has a population of 2108 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°28′N 20°50′E / 46.467°N 20.833°E / 46.467; 20.833

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Kecskemét
Kecskemét (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɛtʃkɛmeːt]) is a city in the central part of Hungary. It is the 8th largest city of the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun.
Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's third-largest city, Szeged, 86 kilometres from both of them and almost equal distance from the two big rivers of the country, the Danube and the Tisza. It is the northern of two centres of the Hungarian Southern Great Plain (Hungarian: Del-Alföld) region (comprising the three counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád); the southern centre is Szeged, the seat of Csongrád county.
The name of the city stems from the Hungarian word kecske, meaning "goat".
Kecskemét was formed at the meeting point of a large sandy region and a sandy yellow soil, its height is 120 meters above sea level. The territory west of the city is covered by wind-blown sand, characterized by the almost parallel northern-southern sand dunes and the plain lands among them. At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, the pastures had become impoverished. Overgrazing by cattle had destroyed the natural vegetation cover; the movement of sand seriously endangered the town, too. Concentrated reforestation and planting of fruit and vines was carried out to stabilize the soil again.

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Kertészsziget
Kérteszsziget is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 39.15 km² and has a population of 465 people (2002).
Coordinates: 47°09′N 21°04′E / 47.15°N 21.067°E / 47.15; 21.067

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Kisdombegyház
Kisdombegyház is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 12.62 km² and has a population of 590 people (2002).
Homepage: kisdombegyhaz.hu
Coordinates: 46°22′N 21°06′E / 46.367°N 21.1°E / 46.367; 21.1

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Kondoros
Kondoros (Slovak: Kondoroš) is a large village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 81.84 km² and has a population of 5355 people (2009).
Coordinates: 46°45′N 20°48′E / 46.75°N 20.8°E / 46.75; 20.8

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Kunágota
Kunágota is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 63.99 km² and has a population of 3015 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°26′N 21°03′E / 46.433°N 21.05°E / 46.433; 21.05

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Kétegyháza
Kétegyháza (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkeːtɛɟhaːzɒ]; Romanian: Chitigaz) is a large village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. It is one of the main centres of Hungary's Romanian minority.
Coordinates: 46°32′N 21°11′E / 46.533°N 21.183°E / 46.533; 21.183

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Kétsoprony
Kétsoprony is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 51.24 km² and has a population of 1594 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°43′N 20°52′E / 46.717°N 20.867°E / 46.717; 20.867

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Körösladány
Körösladány is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Béla Wenckheim, a Hungarian politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary in 1875, was born here.
It covers an area of 123.87 km² and has a population of 5114 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°58′N 21°05′E / 46.967°N 21.083°E / 46.967; 21.083

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Körösnagyharsány
Körösnagyharsány (Körös-Nagy-Harsány) is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 19.93 km² and has a population of 698 people (2002).
Körösnagyharsány is a small village in Békés county, close to the Romanian border. The village with rich historical background is inhabited by Calvinist Hungarian families. After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, Körösnagyharsány – which originally belonged to the sphere of influence of Nagyvárad – became a border settlement.
For about one and a half centuries (1780s-1944), a small religious Jewish community, consisting mainly of small shopkeepers, innkeepers and tenant-farmers, lived in the settlement. In 1870 47 Jews lived here. They built houses, established a graveyard and became an integral part of the society and life of the village. After the Treaty of Trianon the Jewish community slowly started to diminish, and then their fate was sealed by the Holocaust. Four person were deported from the village: Móric Grósz (1887–1944), Jolán Grósz (1899–1944), Olga Grünhut (1905-1944/45) and Gyöngyi Grünhut (1925-1944/45). They died in concentration camps. During the time of deportation, though, members of several Jewish families from the countryside were hidden in the village.

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Köröstarcsa
Köröstarcsa is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 62.83 km² and has a population of 2846 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°53′N 21°02′E / 46.883°N 21.033°E / 46.883; 21.033

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Körösújfalu
Körösújfalu is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 25.31 km² and has a population of 718 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°58′N 21°24′E / 46.967°N 21.4°E / 46.967; 21.4

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Kötegyán
Kötegyán is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 42.97 km² and has a population of 1598 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°44′N 21°29′E / 46.733°N 21.483°E / 46.733; 21.483

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Magyarbánhegyes
Magyarbánhegyes is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 36.56 km² and has a population of 2691 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°27′N 20°58′E / 46.45°N 20.967°E / 46.45; 20.967

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Magyardombegyház
Magyardombegyház is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 7.64 km² and has a population of 309 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°23′N 21°04′E / 46.383°N 21.067°E / 46.383; 21.067

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Medgyesbodzás
Medgyesbodzás is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 31.68km² and has a population of 1239 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°31′N 20°58′E / 46.52°N 20.97°E / 46.52; 20.97

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Medgyesegyháza
Medgyesegyháza (Slovak: Medeš) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 64.32 km² and has a population of 3891 people (2008).
Coordinates: 46°30′N 21°02′E / 46.50°N 21.03°E / 46.50; 21.03

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Mezőberény
Coordinates: 46°49′N 21°1′E / 46.817°N 21.017°E / 46.817; 21.017 Mezőberény ([ˈmɛzøːbɛreːɲ]; German: Maisbrünn, Slovak: Poľný Berinčok) is a town in Békés county, Hungary. It is located in the southern Great Alföld. In this town the road from Debrecen to Szeged crosses the railway line from Budapest to Bucharest.

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Mezőgyán
Mezőgyán is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 59.9 km² and has a population of 1921 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°52′N 21°32′E / 46.867°N 21.533°E / 46.867; 21.533

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Mezőhegyes
Mezőhegyes is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. It is home to the Hungarian State Stud (Hungarian: Mezőhegyesi Állami Ménes), founded in 1784 and famous for its Nonius, Furioso-North Star and Gidran breeds of horse.
It covers an area of 155.5 km² and has a population of 6355 people (2007).
The Austrian Imperial and Hungarian Royal Apostolic Stud was founded in late 1784 in Mezőhegyes by Emperor Joseph II. As a result, the name of Mezőhegyes became interwoven with the concept of horses. It was here that the Nonius, later on the Gidan, the Furioso and the North Star types of horses and the Mezőhegyes English full bood were bred. The Mezőhegyes English full blood was one of the best horse breeds in Europe.
Thr roofed riding hall designed by János Hild, which is still in use today, is the oldest roofed riding hall in the country. Ridding lessons for both experienced riders and beginners are offered to visitores here. The most significant event here is the Mezőhegyes International Mare and Stallion Competition which is organized each June.

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Mezőkovácsháza
Mezőkovácsháza is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 62.59 km² and has a population of 6945 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°24′N 20°55′E / 46.4°N 20.917°E / 46.4; 20.917

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Miskolc
Miskolc (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmiʃkolts] ( listen), Slovak: Miškovec) is a city in northeastern Hungary, mainly with heavy industrial background. With a population close to 170,000 (2010) Miskolc is the fourth largest city of Hungary (behind Budapest, Debrecen and Szeged; second-largest with agglomeration.) It is also the county capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and the regional centre of Northern Hungary.
Miskolc is located at 48°6′15″N 20°47′30″E / 48.10417°N 20.79167°E / 48.10417; 20.79167.
The city lies at the meeting point of different geographical regions – east from the Bükk mountains, in the valley of the river Sajó and the streams Hejő and Szinva. According to the 2001 Census the city has a total area of 236.68 km² (91.38 sq mi). The ground level slopes gradually; the difference between the highest and lowest area is about 800 m (2,600 ft).
The lowest areas are the banks of the river Sajó, with an altitude of 110–120 m (360–390 ft). The area belongs to the Great Plain region and is made up of sedimentary rocks. Between the Avas hill and Diósgyőr lies the hilly area of the Lower Bükk (250–300 m/820–980 ft) consisting of sandstone, marl, clay, layers of coal, from the tertiary period, and volcanic rocks from the Miocene.

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Murony
Murony is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 35.68 km² and has a population of 1478 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°46′N 21°03′E / 46.767°N 21.05°E / 46.767; 21.05

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Méhkerék
Méhkerék (Hungarian: Méhkerék, Romanian: Micherechi), is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
The village was first mentioned in written sources in 1359. The origin of the village's name may be drawn from the original occupation of its inhabitants (méh means "bee" in Hungarian). The population fled the area after the Ottoman conquest. Romanians settled in the area during the 18th century, with the first Romanian Orthodox church being built in 1770. The first primary school was opened in 1815.
Méhkerék covers an area of 25.86 km² and has a population of 2323 people (2002). Most of the residents speak Romanian as their mother tongue.
Coordinates: 46°47′N 21°27′E / 46.783°N 21.45°E / 46.783; 21.45

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Nagybánhegyes
Nagybánhegyes (Slovak: Slovenský Bánhedeš, Hungarian: Nagy Bán-Hegyes means "Smaller Bánhegyes, Smaller Bán-Hill") is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 42.26 km² and has a population of 1503 people (2002).
Nagybánhegyes is also the place when the masss-production of the Hungarian product, Pöttyös Túri Rudi was started in 1981.
Coordinates: 46°28′N 20°54′E / 46.467°N 20.9°E / 46.467; 20.9

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Nagykamarás
Nagykamarás(Romanian: Camarasu Mare) is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 43.07 km² and has a population of 1701 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°28′N 21°07′E / 46.467°N 21.117°E / 46.467; 21.117

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Nagykanizsa
Nagykanizsa (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈnɒɟkɒniʒɒ]; Croatian: Kan(j)iža, Velika Kan(j)iža; German: Großkirchen, Groß-Kanizsa, Slovene: Velika Kaniža , Turkish: Kanije) is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southwestern Hungary. It is also known in Hungarian as Kanizsa.
It lies not far from Lake Balaton at the meeting point of five routes. For centuries the town has been a connecting link. Goods from Slovenia were transported to Graz via Nagykanizsa, and the town played an important role in the trade from the Adriatic Sea to the Alpine region, Vienna, and Budapest.
The city's oldest Roman era ruins were uncovered in the 1960s. Later, during the Middle Ages, it became one of the most important strongholds of the Hungarian Kingdom. The fortress had a significant role in the southern shield line of Hungary, keeping the whole of Western Europe safe from the attacks of the Ottoman Empire. Instead of conquerors, today Nagykanizsa attracts thousands of dental tourists as the modern age's invaders. The name Kanizsa is of Slavic origin (Knysa), and means "belonging to a prince". It refers to the fact that the region was the property of an aristocrat.

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Nagyszénás
Nagyszénás is a large village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 95.56 km² and has a population of 5739 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°41′N 20°40′E / 46.683°N 20.667°E / 46.683; 20.667

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Northern Great Plain
Northern Great Plain (Hungarian: Észak-Alföldi Régió) is a statistical (NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, with a total area of 17,749 km² (6,853 sq mi) and population of around 1.5 million. It is also one of the largest plains in the world with an area of about 3000 square miles.^{[citation needed]}

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Northern Hungary
Northern Hungary is a region in Hungary. As a statistical region it includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád, but in colloquial speech it usually also refers to Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. The region is actually in the north-eastern part of the country, but the northwestern part is usually referred to as Northern Transdanubian region. The region's centre and largest city is Miskolc.
Miskolc, Eger, Salgótarján, Ózd, Kazincbarcika, Mezőkövesd, Sárospatak, Sátoraljaújhely, Tiszaújváros, Tokaj, Gyöngyös, Hatvan, Balassagyarmat.
2000 : 6 774 €
2001 : 7 519 € 845 €
2002 : 8 028 € 509 €
2003 : 8 426 € 398 €
2004 : 9 064 € 638 €
2005 : 9 321 € 257 €
2006 : 9 572 € 251 €
2007 : 9 981 € 409 €
2000 : 1,54 births/woman
2001 : 1,47 births/woman
2002 : 1,45 births/woman
2003 : 1,41 births/woman
2004 : 1,42 births/woman
2005 : 1,44 births/woman
2006 : 1,49 births/woman
2007 : 1,45 births/woman
2008 : 1,49 births/woman
2009 : 1,47 births/woman
2000 : 10,1 %
2001 : 8,5 %
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Nyíregyháza
Nyíregyháza (Hungarian pronunciation: [ɲiːrɛɟhaːzɒ] ( listen)) is a city in North-east Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,000 it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and is one of the leading cities of Northern Hungary and of the northern part of the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföld). Its dynamic and spectacular development has been incessant since the 18th century, being the economical and cultural center of the region. Its zoo exhibiting more than 300 species including real rarities is recognized throughout Europe.
Nyíregyháza is located in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county in the northern Plain region (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Hajdú-Bihar county, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county). It is the most important city of North Hungary, in all aspects of the center of the region. It is located in the center of Nyírség, as an agricultural town. The boundaries of the city are often understood as a very broad frame, because generally the near boondocks are listed here. It is located at the intersections of routes 4, 41, 36 and 38, therefore the city is easy to approach. The way to Sub-Carpathia and Transylvania is inevitable without passing the city.

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Nógrád County
Nógrád is a county (Hungarian: megye) of Hungary.
Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The capital of Nógrád county is Salgótarján. Its area is 2544 km².
Nógrád is famous for its historic architecture of ancient Gothic churches and stone castles dated back to the 13th century. Other historic landmark includes the baroque buildings constructed in the 18th century and the Vay, Teleki. [1]. Much of the northern border of the county is formed by the river Ipoly. The mountain ranges Börzsöny, Cserhát and Mátra lie partly in the county.
Due to the mountains, the county is characterised by small villages nestled in the valleys. The two largest settlements are Balassagyarmat, the former county seat, and Salgótarján, which has become a center of industry in the early 20th century due to coalmines nearby.
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Nógrád (-Hungarian, in Latin: comitatus Neogradiensis, in German: Neuburg or Neograd, in Slovak: Novohrad) was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in southern Slovakia and in northern present-day Hungary. The name Novohrad is still used in Slovakia as an informal designation of the corresponding territory. The name stems from the former Nógrád (Novohrad) castle in present-day Hungary.

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Okány
Okány is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 70.65 km² and has a population of 2993 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°54′N 21°21′E / 46.9°N 21.35°E / 46.9; 21.35

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Orosháza
Orosháza is a city situated in the westernmost part of Békés county, Hungary, on the Békés ridge bordered by the rivers Maros and Körös. Orosháza is an important cultural, educational and recreational centre of the region. Its main attractions are the Szántó Kovács János Museum, the Darvas József Literary Memorial House and the Town Art Gallery.
The Lutheran church, built between 1777 and 1830 in late Baroque style is situated in the centre of the town. The bell taken by the first settlers from Zomba is kept in front of the altar of the church. The only well museum in the country can also be found in Orosháza.
Another sight of the town is the Rágyánszky Arboretum where more than 2000 plant species in 6000 varieties can be seen.
A number of cultural and entertaining programmes are organised in the town every year. The name of the city means "Oros' house". In that city is born in 1912 the Kantor Marcel Lorand. He learnt music with Bela Bartok and became the Kantor of the " Synagogue de la Paix " in Strasbourg in 1964. He died in 1988. See http://judaisme.sdv.fr

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Pest County
Pest County (Hungarian pronunciation: [pɛʃt]) is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér and Komárom-Esztergom. The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate).
The present county Pest was formed after World War II, when the former county Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun was split in two parts (the other part is within present-day Bács-Kiskun). Pest County also existed in the early days of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary (11th century). Its territory comprised approximately the north-eastern part of present Pest County. It was combined with adjacent Pilis county before the 15th century. More information can be found at the entry of former Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county.

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Pusztaföldvár
Pusztaföldvár is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 57.15 km² and has a population of 1928 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°32′N 20°48′E / 46.533°N 20.8°E / 46.533; 20.8

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Pusztaottlaka
Pusztaottlaka ((Puszta-Ott·lak·a), Romanian: Otlaca-Pustă), is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 18.88 km² and has a population of 471 people (2002).
According to the last census in 2001 Pusztaottlaka/Otlaca-Pusta had a population of 437 people. The majority of the population is Hungarian with a 17% Romanian minority (74 people who spoke Romanian as a mother language).
According to the last census in 2001 133 people belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, 40 were Lutherans and 140 people followed "another faith". In the case of Pusztaottlaka/Otlaca-Pusta the latters are mainly Orthodox Romanians.
Pusztaottlaka means "dwelling place on the puszta" in Hungarian. The Romanian name is the transliteration of the Hungarian one.
Coordinates: 46°33′N 20°59′E / 46.55°N 20.983°E / 46.55; 20.983

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Pécs
Pécs (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpeːtʃ] ( listen); known by alternative names) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county. Pécs is also the seat of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs.
The city Sopianae was founded by Romans at the beginning of the 2nd century, on an area peopled by Celts and Pannoni tribes. By the 4th century it became the capital of Valeria province and a significant early Christian center. The early Christian necropolis is from this era which became an UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 2000.
Its episcopate was founded in 1009 by Steven I, and the first university in Hungary was founded in Pécs in 1367 by Louis I the Great. (The largest university still resides in Pécs with about 34,000 students). Pécs was formed into one of the cultural and arts center of the country by bishop Janus Pannonius, the great, Hungarian, humanist poet. Pécs has a rich heritage from the age of a 150 year long Ottoman occupation, like the mosque of Pasha Qasim the Victorious on Széchenyi square.

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Romania
Romania (ⁱ/roʊˈmeɪniə/ roh-MAY-nee-ə; dated: Roumania; or Rumania;Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast and east, and Bulgaria to the south.
At 238,400 square kilometers (92,000 sq mi), Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population of the European Union with over 19 million people. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, the tenth largest city in the EU with about two million people.
The Kingdom of Romania emerged when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were united under Prince Alexander Ioan Cuza in 1859. Independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared on 9 May 1877, and was internationally recognized the following year. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the Kingdom of Romania. Greater Romania emerged into an era of progression and prosperity that would continue until World War II. By the end of the War, many north-eastern areas of Romania's territories were occupied by the Soviet Union, and Romania forcibly became a socialist republic and a member of the Warsaw Pact.

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Salgótarján
Salgótarján (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃɒlɡoːtɒrjaːn]) is a city with county rights in Nógrád county, north-eastern Hungary.
At the foot of Karancs mountain, in the Cserhát hills, 250 meters above sea level, 120 km (75 mi) north-east from Budapest, 70 km (43 mi) west from Miskolc. Salgótarján is surrounded by beautiful forests and hills topped with castle ruins, which are accessible by bus that may be taken from the center of town.
The town already existed in the Middle Ages, but information on it is scarce, it is likely that it was a small village. The word salgó means "shining" in Old Hungarian, while Tarján was the name of one of the Hungarian tribes conquering the area.
The castle of Salgó was built in the 13th century on a mountain of volcanic origin. In the 13th century the town already had a church.
After the 1682 siege of the nearby Castle of Fülek (today Fiľakovo, Slovakia) the town was deserted, and new settlers arrived only ten years later, but remained a small village.
Development came in the mid-19th century, when a coal mine was opened nearby. The job opportunities provided by the mine and the developing industry began to attract people. The village grew quickly and was granted town status in 1922. Today visitors can see the remains of the mining industry by visiting the Mine Museum, which is located next to the main entrance of the mine.

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Sarkadkeresztúr
Sarkadkeresztúr is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 35.33 km² and has a population of 1877 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°48′N 21°23′E / 46.8°N 21.383°E / 46.8; 21.383

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Somogy County
Somogy (Slovene: Šomodska županija) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Somogy county lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia. It stretches between the river Drave and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna and Baranya. It is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The capital of Somogy county is Kaposvár. Its area is 6036 km².
Somogy was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy county, is presently in south-western Hungary. The capital of the county was Kaposvár.
(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)
Kereki - Castle from above
Aerial Photo: Nagyberki - Palace
Aerial Photo: Iharosberény - Palace
Aerial Photo: Babócsa - Palace
Coordinates: 46°25′N 17°35′E / 46.417°N 17.583°E / 46.417; 17.583

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Sopron
Sopron (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃopron]; German: Ödenburg, Croatian: Šopron, Latin: Scarbantia) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near the Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő.
When the area that is today Western Hungary was a province of the Roman Empire, a city called Scarbantia stood here. Its forum was located where the main square of Sopron can be found today.
During the Migration Period Scarbantia was believed to be deserted and by the time Hungarians arrived in the area, it was in ruins. In the 9th–11th centuries Hungarians strengthened the old Roman city walls and built a castle. The town received its Hungarian name at this time from a castle steward named Suprun. In 1153 it was mentioned as an important town.
In 1273 King Otakar II of Bohemia occupied the castle. Even though he took the children of Sopron's nobility with him as hostages, the city opened its gates when the armies of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary arrived. The king awarded Sopron by elevating it to the rank of free royal town.

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Southern Great Plain
Southern Great Plain (Hungarian: Dél Alföld) is a statistical (NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. Southern Great Plain includes the 3 counties:

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Szabadkígyós
Szabadkígyós is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 45.56 km² and has a population of 3023 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°37′N 21°06′E / 46.617°N 21.1°E / 46.617; 21.1

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Szarvas
Szarvas (German: Sarwasch, Slovak: Sarvaš) is a town in Békés county in southeastern Hungary. The Hungarian placename Szarvas means 'deer' in English.
The first agricultural high-school in the Kingdom of Hungary was established here by a Slovakian enlightenment scholar and engineer Samuel Tešedík (in Hungarian: Sámuel Tessedik). The city was re-settled by Slovaks (among others) in the 18th century, and many Slovaks still live in Szarvas. The town had 17771 Slovak and 7845 Hungarian inhabitants in 1900 and in 1920 had 7544 Slovak and 17224 Hungarian inhabitants. The geometrical centre-point of the Hungarian Kingdom (before 1920) was near Szarvas.
Since 1990 Szarvas is home to the Ronald S. Lauder International Jewish Summer camp, where every year hundreds of children and adults from post-communist countries, the U.S., and India pour in for eight weeks to share fun, laughter, and exchange cultures. Today the camp is known as Szarvas International Jewish Youth Camp, and is a joint program of JDC Hungary, the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation and the Bálint JCC. Szarvas is a respite for many people.

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Szeged
Szeged (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɛɡɛd] ( listen); German: Szegedin; Romanian: Seghedin; Serbo-Croatian: Segedin, Сегедин; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary.
The famous Open Air Plays of Seged (first held in 1931) are one of the main attractions; they are held every summer. Seged celebrates the Day of the city on May 21.
The name Seged might come from an old Hungarian word for corner (szeg), pointing to the turn of the river Tisza that flows through the city. Others say it derives from the Hungarian word sziget which means 'island'. Others still contend that szeg means 'dark blond' (sötétszőkés) – a reference to the color of the water where the rivers Tisza and Maros merge.
The city has its own name in a number of foreign languages: Serbo-Croatian, Segedin (Сегедин); Romanian, Seghedin; Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian, Сегед (Seged); German, Szegedin / Segedin; Italian, Seghedino; Latin, Partiscum; Latvian, Segeda; Lithuanian, Segedas; Polish, Segedyn; Slovak, Segedín; Turkish, Segedin.

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Szeghalom
Szeghalom is a town in Békés county, in southeastern Hungary. It is located at around 47°1′38″N 21°9′58″E / 47.02722°N 21.16611°E / 47.02722; 21.16611. Szeghalom's football club is in the regional 1 league. It has a stadium with capicities over 500 people.

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Szekszárd
Szekszárd (German: Sechshard, Croatian: Seksar) is a city in Hungary and the capital of Tolna county. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area, it is the second smallest (after Tatabánya.)
Szekszárd lies at the meeting point of the Transdanubian Hills and the Great Hungarian Plain.
Szekszárd was first mentioned in 1015. The Benedictine monastery of the town was founded by King Béla I in 1061.
During the reign of King Matthias, Szekszárd was the estate of Bishop John, who was involved in a conspiracy against the king. Because of this, King Matthias ordered the castle of Szekszárd to be demolished.
In 1485, Szekszárd was already a significant town, holding five market days a year, but during the Turkish ascendancy of Hungary, the town became deserted and the monastery was destroyed.
By the 18th century, Szekszárd was again a significant town, it became a county seat, and got a coat of arms. The town was destroyed by a fire in 1794, but it could not stop the town's development. Most of the important buildings – including the town hall, the County Hall and several churches – were built during the 19th century. By this time, Szekszárd already had 14,000 residents.

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Szolnok
Szolnok (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsolnok]) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries.
Szolnok is located in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, at the confluence of the Tisza and Zagyva rivers. It lies about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east-southeast from Budapest. The climate of the area is continental, with hot summers following relatively mild winters. The region is one of the sunniest in Europe; the average precipitation is about 490 millimetres (19 in) annually.
Szolnok was named for the first steward of the city, Szaunik or Zounok. The town was first officially mentioned under the name Zounok in 1075. In the following centuries it was recorded as Zounok, Saunic, Zounuc, and Zawnuch. The variety of spellings likely comes from phonetic discrepancies occurring when Hungarian sounds - originally written in runic Old Hungarian script - were recorded using the Latin alphabet. Another possibility revolves around speculation that the name Szaunik was not a personal name after all, but rather a title relating to the significant salt trade (salt, Hungarian: só) in the area.

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Szombathely
Szombathely (Hungarian pronunciation: [sombɒt.hɛj], German: Steinamanger also known by alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. The city is the oldest city in Hungary and is known as the birthplace of Saint Martin of Tours and the Duke of Armbrust.
Szombathely lies by the streams Perint and Gyöngyös (literally 'pearly'), at 47°14′N 16°38′E / 47.233°N 16.633°E / 47.233; 16.633, where the Alpokalja (Lower Alps) mountains meet the Little Hungarian Plain.
The name Szombathely is from Hungarian szombat, "Saturday" and hely, "place", referring to the fact that medieval markets were held on Saturday every week.
The German name Steinamanger means "stones on a field" (Stein am Anger), and it refers to the ruins of the Roman city Savaria. There is another theory for the name Steinamanger. A couple of historians^[which?] think the German name refers to the earthquake in 458 which destroyed the city.

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Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈseːkɛʃfɛˈheːrvaːr] ( listen)) is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around 65 km (40 mi) southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people (2010), with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia. In the Middle Ages the city was a royal residence and was one of the most important cities of Hungary. In the Székesfehérvár Basilica, 37 kings and 39 queens consort were crowned, 15 rulers have been buried here, the diets were held and the crown jewels were kept here.
The name Székesfehérvár means "seat of the white castle" or "white castle with the seat" and the city is known by translations of this in other languages (Latin: Alba Regia, German: Stuhlweißenburg, Slovak: Stoličný Belehrad, Serbian: Столни Београд, Stolni Beograd, Croatian: Stolni Biograd, Slovene: Stolni Belograd, Czech: Stoličný Bělehrad, Polish: Białogród Stołeczny or Białogród Królewski, Turkish: İstolni Belgrad). In Hungarian, the city is known colloquially as Fehérvár.

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Tarhos
Tarhos is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 57.45 km² and has a population of 1102 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°49′N 21°13′E / 46.817°N 21.217°E / 46.817; 21.217

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Tatabánya
Tatabánya (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈtɒtɒbaːɲɒ]) is a city of 69,988 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County.
The city is located in the valley between the Gerecse and Vértes Mountains, some 55 km (34 mi) from the capital. By virtue of its location, the city is a railway and road junction. The M1 (also European routes E60, E75) motorway from Vienna to Budapest passes through the outer city limits, and the Vienna-Budapest railway line also passes through the city.
Archaeological findings prove that humans have been living here since the Stone Age. The three historic predecessor settlements of Tatabánya are Alsógalla, Felsőgalla and Bánhida. Bánhida is the earliest settlement, it was first mentioned in 1288.^{[citation needed]}
In the 16th century the Ottoman Turks, occupied the area. Around this time the inhabitants became Protestants. Later, its feudal lords, the Esterházys populated the area with Roman Catholic German and Slovak settlers.

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Telekgerendás
Telekgerendás is a small village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 72.37 km² and has a population of 1673 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°39′N 20°58′E / 46.65°N 20.967°E / 46.65; 20.967

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Tolna County
Tolna is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary and in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér, Bács-Kiskun, and Baranya. The capital of Tolna county is Szekszárd. Its area is 3703 km².
Tolna (in Latin: comitatus Tolnensis) was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is presently in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.
(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)
Coordinates: 46°30′N 18°35′E / 46.5°N 18.583°E / 46.5; 18.583

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Tótkomlós
Tótkomlós (Slovak: Slovenský Komlóš) is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 125.4 km² and has a population of 6638 people (2007).
Tótkomlós is twinned with:
Coordinates: 46°25′N 20°44′E / 46.417°N 20.733°E / 46.417; 20.733

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Vas County
Vas (German: Eisenburg, Slovene: Železna županija or županija Železna) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. The county is a part of the Centrope Project.
Vas county lies in western Hungary. It shares borders with Austria and Slovenia and the Hungarian counties Győr-Moson-Sopron, Veszprém and Zala. The capital of Vas county is Szombathely. Its area is 3,336 km².
Vas is also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in western Hungary, eastern Austria and eastern Slovenia. The capital of the county was Szombathely.
Vas county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary.
In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the western part of the county became part of the new Austrian land Burgenland, and a smaller part in the southwest, known as Vendvidék became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). In the Vendvidék in 1919 was founded an unrecognized state the Prekmurje Republic, alike in Burgenlad the Lajtabánság. The remainder stayed in Hungary, as the present Hungarian county Vas. A small part of former Sopron county went to Vas county. Some villages north of Zalaegerszeg went to Zala county, and a small region west of Pápa went to Veszprém county.

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Veszprém
Veszprém (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈvɛspreːm]; German: Weißbrunn, Slovene: Belomost) is one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary, and a city with county rights. It lies approximately 15 km (9 mi) north of the Lake Balaton. It is the administrative center of the county (comitatus or 'megye') of the same name.
Veszprém lies on both sides of the Séd creek, approximately 110 km (68 mi) from Budapest (via the M7 highway and Road 8). It can also be reached from Győr via Road 82 and from Székesfehérvár via Road 8.
According to local legend, Veszprém was founded on seven hills. The seven hills are Várhegy (Castle Hill), Benedek-hegy (St. Benedict Hill), Jeruzsálem-hegy (Jerusalem Hill), Temetőhegy (Cemetery Hill), Gulyadomb (Herd Hill), Kálvária-domb (Calvary Hill), and Cserhát.
Anonymus, the notary of King Béla III wrote that a castle already stood here when the Hungarians first occupied the area. The castle was probably a 9th century Frankish fortress. The castles of Veszprém, Esztergom and Székesfehérvár, were the earliest Hungarian stone castles, which had already been built during the reign of High Prince Géza, a time when motte castles were much more common.

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Veszprém County
Veszprém is the name of an administrative county (megye) in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.
Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the northern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér, Somogy and Zala. The capital of Veszprém county is Veszprém. The river Marcal runs along part of its western border. Its area is 4613 km².
(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)
Mindszentkálla - Temple ruins
Nagyvázsony - Castle from above
Aerial photo: Döbrönte - Castle
Magyarpolány Kálvária from above
Coordinates: 47°10′N 17°45′E / 47.167°N 17.75°E / 47.167; 17.75

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Végegyháza
Végegyháza is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 28.95 km² and has a population of 1606 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°23′N 20°52′E / 46.383°N 20.867°E / 46.383; 20.867

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Vésztő
Vésztő is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 125.76 km² and has a population of 7623 people (2001). The town is situated in the Tisza plain.
North of the modern town there is the archaeological site of a neolithic tell. At its top the medieval Csolt monastery is located.
Coordinates: 46°55′N 21°16′E / 46.917°N 21.267°E / 46.917; 21.267

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Western Transdanubia
Western Transdanubia is a statistical (NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Transdanubia (NUTS 1) region. Western Transdanubia includes the counties of Zala, Vas, and Győr-Moson-Sopron.

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Zala County
Zala (Slovene: Zalska županija or županija Zala) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Hungary. It lies in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia and Slovenia and the Hungarian counties Vas, Veszprém and Somogy. The capital of Zala county is Zalaegerszeg. Its area is 3784 km². Lake Balaton lies partly in the county.
In the 10th century, the Hungarian Nyék tribe occupied the region around Lake Balaton, mainly the areas what are known today Zala and Somogy counties.
Sometime western territory of former county of Zala now come under on Slovenia (South-Prekmurje). In 1919 the unrecognized state of Republic of Prekmurje, what existed for just six days, was there.
(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)
Vonyarcvashegy - Chapelle
Kemendollár-Kemen castle from above
Aerial Photography: Keszthely - Festetics Castle
Aerial Photo: Rezi - Castle
Aerial photography: Zalaegerszeg
Coordinates: 46°40′N 16°50′E / 46.667°N 16.833°E / 46.667; 16.833

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Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈzɒlɒɛɡɛrsɛɡ] ( listen); Croatian: Jegersek; Slovene: Jageršek; German: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala county in western Hungary.
Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and 220 km west-southwest of Budapest by road.
The area was already inhabited in the Upper Paleolithic, according to archaeological findings (the oldest ones in Zala county.) Later the area has been inhabited by Celts.
The first written mentions of the town are as Egerscug (1247) and Egerszeg (1293); the name means "alder-tree corner" and is probably a reference to the town's situation in the angle where two rivers meet. King Béla IV donated the town to the diocese of Veszprém in 1266, so that it became church property. As Egerszeg lay somewhat distant from Veszprém, however, the taxes paid by the town often ended up in the pockets of such local oligarchs as the Kőszegi family.
In the 14th century Egerszeg was the largest town of the area. Between 1368 and 1389 it was a royal town for a short time, then Sigismund I donated it to the Kanizsai family who traded it for another town with the bishop of Veszprém. Zalaegerszeg remained their property until 1848.

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Zsadány
Zsadány is a village in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 27.44 km² and has a population of 1807 people (2001).
Coordinates: 46°55′N 21°30′E / 46.917°N 21.5°E / 46.917; 21.5

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Érd
Érd (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈeːrd]; German: Hanselbeck, Croatian: Andzabeg, Turkish: Hamzabey) is city and urban county in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.
The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric men lived here 50,000 years ago.
Érd itself was first mentioned in documents in 1243. The name comes either from the word erdő ("forest") or from ér ("stream").
During the Ottoman occupation of Hungary Érd was captured by the Turks in 1543, after the castle of Székesfehérvár fell. The Turks built a motte castle and a djami (mosque) here. In these times the place was called Hamzsabég (Hamzabey). In 1684 the army led by Charles V, Duke of Lorraine defeated the Turks near Érd.
In 1776 Érd became an oppidum (town). It is possible that it already had been oppidum before the Ottoman occupation. In the early 20th century Érd became the property of the Károlyi family. The town grew, but remained mainly an agricultural town until 1972, when several new facilities were built and the touristic value of Érd grew.

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Örménykút
Örménykút is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 54.56 km² and has a population of 549 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°51′N 20°47′E / 46.85°N 20.783°E / 46.85; 20.783

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Újkígyós
Újkígyós is a large town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
It covers an area of 54.92 km² and has a population of 5723 people (2002).
Although the “prefix” “új”, meaning “new”, would suggest that the town is of recent creation, it probably dates as far back in history as the neighboring Szabadkigyos "Free Kigyos"--see the date on the town's Coat of Arms at right. It did, however, expand greatly during the post-World War II era while the Hungarian Communist Party was consolidating its power, as part of its "transformation socialiste de la agriculture” ¹ that the new government had begun to impose on the rural population. At the time, farming families from the surrounding countryside, most of whom had once worked as tenants of the recently departed local gentry, were obligated to physically relocate into a central district, and then work the land as part of the collective.
(As recently as the late 1960s, many of the former dwellings of the residents, converted into barns and storehouses, were still in use by the collective).

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Újszalonta
Újszalonta is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southeast Hungary.
It covers an area of 20.84 km² and has a population of 141 people (2002).
Coordinates: 46°48′N 21°30′E / 46.8°N 21.5°E / 46.8; 21.5

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Germans
The Germans (Deutsche) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages. Legally, Germans are citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Of approximately 100 million native speakers of German in the world, about 66–75 million consider themselves Germans. There are an additional 80 million people of German ancestry mainly in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, France, Russia, Chile, Poland, Australia and Romania who most likely are not native speakers of German. Thus, the total number of Germans worldwide lies between 66 and 160 million, depending on the criteria applied (native speakers, single-ancestry ethnic Germans, partial German ancestry, etc.).
Today, peoples from countries with a German-speaking majority or significant German-speaking population groups other than Germany, such as Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, have developed their own national identity and usually do not refer to themselves as "Germans" in a modern context.

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Romanians
The Romanians (dated: Rumanians or Roumanians; in Romanian: români pronounced [roˈmɨnʲ] or — historically, but now a seldom-used regionalism — rumâni; dated exonym: Vlachs) are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania.
The Romanian people are a nation in the meaning of ethnos (Romanian: etnie), defined by the sense of sharing a common Romanian culture, descent, and having Romanian as mother tongue, as well as by citizenship or by being subjects to the same country. The Romanian citizenship law legislated in March 1991 establishes the rights of second and third generation descendants of Romanian citizens to obtain a Romanian citizenship, if they speak fluent Romanian and are able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in Romanian history and culture. 89.4 percent of Romania's people declared themselves as Romanians at the 2002 Romanian Census.
In one interpretation of the census results in Moldova, Moldovans are counted as Romanians, which would mean that the latter form part of the majority in that country as well. Romanians are also an ethnic minority in several nearby countries.

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Serbs
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For the historical county, see Békés (former county).

Békés County

Coat of arms

County seat

Area

• Total

5,631 km² (2,174 sq mi)

Population

• Total

376,657

• Density

67/km² (170/sq mi)

Békés County (Hungarian: Békés megye), is an administrative division (county or megye) in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital of Békés county is Békéscsaba. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 History
4 Regional structure

Geography [link]

Békés county lies on the Pannonian Plain (Great Plain), it is a flat area with good soil. Average rainfall is 645 mm/year. One-fifth of the natural gas resources of Hungary can be found in Békés. The river Körös/Criş runs through the county.

Demographics [link]

The county has a population of 377,000 (2008). More than 60 % of the population lives in towns. Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovaks (approx. 7,000), Roma (5,000), Romanians (4,000), Germans (1,500) and Serbs (400).

History [link]

Old countrymap with settlements and roads, railway

The area has been inhabited since 5000-4000 BC. Before the arrival of the Hungarians several other tribes lived in the area.

The castle of Gyula was built in the early 15th century. Gyula was the most significant town of the county at that time, and became county seat under Matthias I. It was an important fortress during the Ottoman wars in Europe but it was captured in 1566. During this time several towns were destroyed in the area.

In the early 18th century, after the Ottomans were expelled, the county was repopulated, not only with Hungarians, but with Slovaks (in the towns Békéscsaba, Endrőd, Szarvas, Tótkomlós), Serbs (Battonya), Germans (Németgyula, Elek) and Romanians (Kétegyháza). Most of the non-Magyar population was assimilated by the mid-19th century.

The agricultural importance of the county and the new railway line between Pest and Békéscsaba (finished in 1858) brought development, which was quickened when Hungary lost its southern territories to Romania after World War I and Békéscsaba had to take over the role of the lost cities.

The population growth peaked in 1950 (472,000), in the same year when Békéscsaba became the county seat. During the following years the county was industrialized, like most of Hungary, and the population of the cities and towns grew.

Regional structure [link]

The regional structure of Békés county is typical of the Great Plain: it has a small number of villages, but those are large, both by area and by population. There are several farmsteads too. 70% of the population lives in cities and towns, 17% in the county seat.A large village network is chatacteristic of the county which currently has 75 administratively- independent settlements., out of wgich 19 are cities and 56 are villages. The oldest towns, and with the largest populations, are: Békéscsaba, the county seat - a city carrying a rank of county right, Orosháza, Gyula, Békés and Szarvas.

City with county rights [link]

Békéscsaba

Békéscsaba (county seat)

Cities and towns [link]

(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)

Gyula (32,967)
Orosháza (32,052)
Békés (21,657)
Szarvas (18,563)
Gyomaendrőd (15,523)
Mezőberény (11,551)
Sarkad (10,959)
Szeghalom (10,201)
Dévaványa (8,986)
Vésztő (7,656)

Mezőkovácsháza (7,026)
Battonya (6,747)
Tótkomlós (6,638)
Füzesgyarmat (6,565)
Mezőhegyes (6,355)
Csorvás (5,765)
Elek (5,583)
Újkígyós (5,537)
Körösladány (5,267)
Medgyesegyháza (3,891)

Villages [link]

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v t e Békés County

County seat: Békéscsaba

Cities and towns	Battonya Békés Csorvás Dévaványa Elek Füzesgyarmat Gyomaendrőd Gyula Körösladány Medgyesegyháza Mezőberény Mezőhegyes Mezőkovácsháza Orosháza Sarkad Szarvas Szeghalom Tótkomlós Újkígyós Vésztő

Villages	Almáskamarás Békéssámson Békésszentandrás Bélmegyer Biharugra Bucsa Csabacsüd Csabaszabadi Csanádapáca Csárdaszállás Doboz Dombegyház Dombiratos Ecsegfalva Gádoros Gerendás Geszt Hunya Kamut Kardos Kardoskút Kaszaper Kétegyháza Kertészsziget Kétsoprony Kevernes Kisdombegyház Kondoros Körösnagyharsány Köröstarcsa Körösújfalu Kötegyán Kunágota Lökösháza Magyarbánhegyes Magyardombegyház Medgyesbodzás Méhkerék Mezőgyán Murony Nagybánhegyes Nagykamarás Nagyszénás Okány Örménykút Pusztaföldvár Pusztaottlaka Sarkadkeresztúr Szabadkígyós Tarhos Telekgerendás Újszalonta Végegyháza Zsadány

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v t e Counties of Hungary

Counties	Bács-Kiskun Baranya Békés Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Csongrád Fejér Győr-Moson-Sopron Hajdú-Bihar Heves Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Komárom-Esztergom Nógrád Pest Somogy Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Tolna Vas Veszprém Zala

Urban counties	Békéscsaba Budapest (capital) Debrecen Dunaújváros Eger Érd Győr Hódmezővásárhely Kaposvár Kecskemét Miskolc Nagykanizsa Nyíregyháza Pécs Salgótarján Sopron Szeged Székesfehérvár Szekszárd Szolnok Szombathely Tatabánya Veszprém Zalaegerszeg

v t e NUTS regions of Hungary

NUTS 1	Central Hungary · Transdanubia · Great Plain and North

NUTS 2	Central Hungary · Central Transdanubia · Northern Great Plain · Northern Hungary · Southern Great Plain · Southern Transdanubia · Western Transdanubia

NUTS 3	Bács-Kiskun · Baranya · Békés · Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén · Budapest · Csongrád · Fejér · Győr-Moson-Sopron · Hajdú-Bihar · Heves · Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok · Komárom-Esztergom · Nógrád · Pest · Somogy · Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg · Tolna · Vas · Veszprém · Zala

References [link]

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Békés

Békés from above

Coat of arms

Békés

Coordinates: 46°46′N 21°08′E / 46.767°N 21.133°E

Country

Hungary

County

Békés

Area

• Total

127.23 km² (49.12 sq mi)

Population (2009)

• Total

20,465

• Density

169.33/km² (438.6/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

5630

Area code(s)

Békés (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbeːkeːʃ]; Slovak: Békéš, Romanian: Bichiş) is a town in Békés county, Hungary. It lies about 10 km (6 mi) north of Békéscsaba and 190 km (118 mi) east of Budapest.

1 History
2 Tourist sights
3 Twin town
4 External links

History [link]

The area of the present town has been inhabited since ancient times, due to its good soil and proximity to rivers. After Hungarians conquered the area, Békés and its surroundings were the property of the Csolt clan. Békés (the name means "peaceful") was originally the name of the castle which gave its name to the comitatus, and, like many castles, was possibly named after its first steward. Many documents from the 13th century prove that Békés was the county seat. After 1403, when the area became the estate of the Maróthi family, Békés slowly lost its importance and the role of the centre of the comitatus was gradually taken over by Gyula.

In 1566 the castle of Gyula was occupied by the Ottoman army, and Békés fell under Ottoman rule too. The Ottomans built a motte castle in the town, but it was destroyed in 1595 when the Ottomans had to defend Gyula against the Hungarians who tried to get it back. The area became deserted. It was only exactly 100 years later, in 1695 that Békés was freed from Ottoman rule.

During the freedom fight led by Prince Francis II Rákóczi in the early 18th century the area of Békés was deserted again, for the last time. In 1720 John George Harruckern was granted Békés county via Royal Deed. He gave privileges to the serfs of the area, and gradually the population grew.

By the end of the 18th century the town already had its present five districts and the Protestant, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches and the Jewish Synagogue. The buildings of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches and the Jewish Synagogue are all located within close proximity of each other. The annual floods of the Körös river meant a significant problem until the 1850s when the river was controlled.

In 1872 Békés was re-classified as a village. It was not until a hundred years later that it got its town status back.

Békés Synagogue pre-1944

Around the turn of the century Békés was rapidly developing and several new buildings were built. During the World Wars there were no significant battles in the area. Békés was freed from the Nazis on October 6, 1944. After the war industrialization quickened. On April 15, 1973 Békés was granted town status.

Today, Békés is made of several ethnic groups, including Hungarians, Roma, and with its near proximity to the Romanian border, Romanians who constitute approximately 5% of the population.

Tourist sights [link]

Aerial photography: Roman Catholic Temple of Békés

Széchenyi square (main square) with several historical buildings
City hall
Protestant church (Zopf style)
Roman Catholic church (1795)
Greek orthodox church (one of the northernmost ones)
Jewish Synagogue () (partially restored, interior and woman's gallery preserve original form, now a community center and restaurant)
School museum
Several bridges on the backwaters of the regulated Körös river; Békés is called the "city of bridges" because of them
Small-boat harbour

Twin town [link]

Gheorgheni, Romania (since 1993)

External links [link]

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Békés Mátrix + Community & News Webportal Of Bekes City - [1] Official News Site Of Bekes

Coordinates: 46°46′N 21°08′E / 46.767°N 21.133°E / 46.767; 21.133

v t e Békés County

County seat: Békéscsaba

Cities and towns	Battonya Békés Csorvás Dévaványa Elek Füzesgyarmat Gyomaendrőd Gyula Körösladány Medgyesegyháza Mezőberény Mezőhegyes Mezőkovácsháza Orosháza Sarkad Szarvas Szeghalom Tótkomlós Újkígyós Vésztő

Villages	Almáskamarás Békéssámson Békésszentandrás Bélmegyer Biharugra Bucsa Csabacsüd Csabaszabadi Csanádapáca Csárdaszállás Doboz Dombegyház Dombiratos Ecsegfalva Gádoros Gerendás Geszt Hunya Kamut Kardos Kardoskút Kaszaper Kétegyháza Kertészsziget Kétsoprony Kevernes Kisdombegyház Kondoros Körösnagyharsány Köröstarcsa Körösújfalu Kötegyán Kunágota Lökösháza Magyarbánhegyes Magyardombegyház Medgyesbodzás Méhkerék Mezőgyán Murony Nagybánhegyes Nagykamarás Nagyszénás Okány Örménykút Pusztaföldvár Pusztaottlaka Sarkadkeresztúr Szabadkígyós Tarhos Telekgerendás Újszalonta Végegyháza Zsadány

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