Tótkomlós
| Tótkomlós | |||
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| Basic data | |||
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| State : | Hungary | ||
| Region : | Southern Great Plain | ||
| County : | Békés | ||
| Small area until December 31, 2012 : | Orosháza | ||
| District since 1.1.2013 : | Orosháza | ||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 25 ' N , 20 ° 44' E | ||
| Area : | 125 km² | ||
| Residents : | 5,866 (Jan 1, 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 47 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Telephone code : | (+36) 68 | ||
| Postal code : | 5940 | ||
| KSH kódja: | 16434 | ||
| Structure and administration | |||
| Community type : | Town | ||
| Mayor : | Zsura Zoltan | ||
| Website : | |||
| (Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal ) | |||
Tótkomlós is a town with almost 6000 inhabitants in the Békés county in Hungary .
In the town, whose name literally means Slovak hops , is a farming museum .
history
The place was destroyed in the great Turkish war and rebuilt after 1715 by Slovak settlers. Following the Second World War , the Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchanges resulted in the Slovaks being resettled to Nădlac in Romania .
geography
Tótkomlós is located in the small area of Orosháza in the Hungarian lowlands a good 10 kilometers south of the district town of Orosháza and 225 kilometers southeast of Budapest. The Mezőtúr- Orosháza-Mezőhegyes railway line runs through the town.
Community partnerships
Tótkomlós twin cities include
Neunkirchen am Brand 
, Bavaria, Germany Galanta , Trnava, Slovakia Zvolen , Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
and Jelšava , Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
sons and daughters of the town
- János Boldóczki (1912–1988), politician
- László Gellér (* 1944), ski jumper
- Gyurkovics Zsuzsa (born 1929), actress
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Partnerské mestá. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .