Püspökladány

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Püspökladány
Coat of arms of Püspökladány
Püspökladány (Hungary)
Püspökladány
Püspökladány
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Northern Great Plain
County : Hajdú-Bihar
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Püspökladány
District since 1.1.2013 : Püspökladány
Coordinates : 47 ° 19 '  N , 21 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '4 "  N , 21 ° 7' 0"  E
Area : 186.95  km²
Residents : 14,798 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 79 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 54
Postal code : 4150
KSH kódja: 10162
Structure and administration (status: 2018)
Community type : city
Mayoress : Imréné Dombi ( Fidesz )
Postal address : Bocskai et al. 2
4150 Püspökladány
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Püspökladány is a Hungarian city ​​in the district of the same name in Hajdú-Bihar County .

geography

The Hortobágy-Berettyó flows along the municipal boundary to Karcag . Püspökladány borders the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés counties and the following municipalities:

Nádudvar
Karcag (JN) Neighboring communities
Bucsa (BE) Szerep Sárrétudvari Báránd

history

The first traces of human settlement are about 4,000 years old catacomb graves . Isolated finds in the municipality can be assigned to the Árpáden , they are dated to the period between the 10th and 11th centuries. The first written mention comes from the year 1351, at that time still listed under Ladan.

In 1941 there were 552 Jews in Püspökladány, that is about 4% of the population. These were ghettoized in May 1944 and deported to German concentration camps via the ghetto in Debrecen .

traffic

The European route 60 leads through the city, from which both the main route 42 branches off to Ártánd and the European route 573 to Uzhhorod . This is where the Békéscsaba – Püspökladány (No. 128) railway ends and the MAV's Püspökladány – Oradea (No. 101) railway begins .

Community partnerships

Püspökladány maintains partnerships with the following cities and municipalities:

literature

  • Püspökladány , in: Guy Miron (Ed.): The Yad Vashem encyclopedia of the ghettos during the Holocaust . Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2009 ISBN 978-965-308-345-5 , p. 624

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Püspökladány települési választás eredményei. Nemzeti Választási Iroda, November 18, 2014, accessed May 24, 2018 (Hungarian).