Karcag (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkɒrt͡sɒg]) is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Geography
Karcag covers an area of 368.63 km2 (142 sq mi) and has a population of 20,632 people (2011).
Transport
Karcag has its own railway station.
Politics
The current mayor of Karcag is László Dobos (Fidesz-KDNP).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 12 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[1]
| Party | Seats | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||
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| Fidesz–KDNP | 9 | M | |||||||||
| Jobbik | 2 | ||||||||||
| Momentum Movement | 1 | ||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Karcag is twinned with:
- Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania (1990)
- Kunszentmiklós, Hungary (2009)
- Lazdijai, Lithuania (2004)
- Lednice, Czech Republic (2006)
- Merki District, Kazakhstan (1998)
- Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia (1998)
- Schwarzheide, Germany (2004)
- Stara Moravica (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1994)
Notable people
- István Varró (died in 1770), the last speaker of the Cuman language
- Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–1779), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag
- Gyula (Julius) Németh (1890–1976), Hungarian Turkologist, linguist
- Avram Hershko (born 1937), Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry
- Margit Sebők (1939–2000), painter and educator
- Kevin Varga (born 1996), footballer
- Mihály Varga (born 1965), politician, since 2013 Minister of National Economy
- Suzi Diamond, Holocaust survivor.[2]
References
- ^ “Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 – Karcag (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)”. valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- ^ “‘It was Hell’ – Irish Holocaust survivors reflect on Auschwitz anniversary”.
External links
- Official website in Hungarian, English, German and Italian
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