Kisújszállás is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Kisújszállás | |
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 College of Kisújszállás | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kisújszállás | |
| Coordinates: 47°13′01″N 20°46′01″E / 47.21694°N 20.76694°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
| District | Karcag |
| Area | |
| • Total | 205.27 km2 (79.26 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 12,869 |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5310 |
| Area code | (+36) 59 |
| Website | www |
Geography
It covers an area of 205.27 km2 (79 sq mi) and has a population of 12,869 people (2002).
Politics
The current mayor of Kisújszállás is István Kecze (Fidesz-KDNP-Nagykun Civilian Circle).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 11 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[1]
| Party | Seats | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidesz-KDNP-Nagykun Civilian Circle | 9 | M | |||||||||
| DK-MSZP | 2 | ||||||||||
| Jobbik | 1 | ||||||||||
Notable inhabitants
- Katalin Karikó, Hungarian-American biochemist specializing in RNA-mediated mechanisms
Twin towns – sister cities
Kisújszállás is twinned with:[2]
Eberschwang, Austria (1992)
Pačir (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1996)
Săcele, Romania (1999)
Serne, Ukraine (2000)
Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia (1998)
Wilamowice, Poland (2004)
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kisújszállás.
- Official website in Hungarian, English and German