Balmazújváros
Balmazújváros | ||||
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Hungary | |||
Region : | Northern Great Plain | |||
County : | Hajdú-Bihar | |||
Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Balmazújváros | |||
Coordinates : | 47 ° 37 ' N , 21 ° 21' E | |||
Area : | 205.45 km² | |||
Residents : | 17,383 (Jan 1, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 85 inhabitants per km² | |||
Telephone code : | (+36) 52 | |||
Postal code : | 4060 | |||
KSH kódja: | 02918 | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2015) | ||||
Community type : | city | |||
Mayoress : | Margit Veres (independent) | |||
Postal address : | Kossuth tér 4–5 4060 Balmazújváros |
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(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) |
Balmazújváros (German: Neustadt auf d. Heiduckenboden ) is a town and the administrative seat of the small area of the same name in Hajdú-Bihar County in eastern Hungary . Almost 17,400 people live in an area of 205.45 km² (as of 2011). The city is connected to the Debrecen – Füzesabony railway line .
In the Roman Catholic town church Urunk Mennybemenetele is the altarpiece "Ascension of Christ" by Hubert Maurer .
geography
The Keleti Canal flows through the municipality . Balmazújváros borders the following municipalities:
Újszentmargita Tiszacsege | Görbeháza | Hajdúböszörmény |
Hortobágy | Debrecen | |
Nagyhegyes |
history
The municipality has been inhabited since ancient times. At the time of the Árpáden there were several villages, the names are still preserved (Bakóc, Cucca, Balmaz, Hímes, Darassa, Hort etc.).
Palmaz: Ujj Varós (center) around 1782 (recording sheet of the Josephinische Landesaufnahme ); Different spelling on the Balmaz card register: Uj Város
Bálmaz-Ujváros (N 47 ° 36 '; E 39 °) around 1892 (recording sheet of the Franzisco-Josephinische Landesaufnahme )
Sons and daughters
- Menyhért Lengyel (1880–1974), playwright, journalist and critic
- Andrew Lenard (* 1927), American mathematical physicist
- Imre Soós (1930–1957), actor