Szentes

	Szentes
	Szentes
	Szentes
Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Southern Great Plain
County :	Csongrád-Csanád
Small area until December 31, 2012 :	Szentes
Coordinates :	46 ° 39 ' N , 20 ° 15' E Coordinates: 46 ° 39 '7 " N , 20 ° 15' 26" E
Area :	353.25 km²
Residents :	28,780 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density :	81 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 63
Postal code :	6600
KSH kódja:	14456
Structure and administration (as of 2013)
Community type :	city
Mayor :	Imre Szirbik ( MSZP )
Postal address :	Kossuth tér 6 ; 6600 Szentes
Website :	www.szentes.hu
	(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Szentes

Szentes is a city in southeastern Hungary in Csongrád-Csanád county .

It is located in the southern part of the Great Hungarian Plain , on the small Kurca River, immediately before its confluence with the Tisza ( Hungarian Tisza).

Surroundings

Szentes is located about 50 km northeast of the university town of Szeged , the county seat of Csongrád. A few kilometers north-west of Szentes is the town of Csongrád , which gave the county its name. The M5 motorway runs around 35 km west of the city and runs from Budapest via Szeged to Röszke on the border with Serbia .

With a population of 31,082 inhabitants, Szentes is the third largest city in the county (after Szeged and Hódmezővásárhely ).

Others

The city has a thermal bath .

The town hall , which was completed in 1911 according to plans and under the direction of the architect Alois Bohn , is worth seeing . The imposing two-winged building with its high mansard roof dominates both Kossuth Square and Erszébet Square. The two 135 meter long fronts of the building with its dormer windows are connected by a 37 meter high corner tower. The main front is decorated with the city arms of Szentes made of colored majolica. A bust of the city's founder, Baron János György Harruckern, can be seen in the assembly hall of the town hall.

The historicist synagogue building is now a library.