Tiszafüred

Tiszafüred
Town
Aerial view
Flag Coat of arms
Tiszafüred Location of Tiszafüred
Coordinates: 47°37′0″N 20°46′0″E
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District	Tiszafüred
Area
• Total	209.97 km^2 (81.07 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	10,872[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5350
Area code	(+36) 59
Website	tiszafured.hu

Tiszafüred is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 209.97 km^2 (81 sq mi) and has a population of 11,260 people (2015).[2] Tiszafüred is the biggest city of the Lake Tisza region, and it is the capital city of the Lake Tisza. It is a favourite tourist spot and offers many recreational activities such as water skiing, bush walking, and thermal baths.[3]

Politics

The current mayor of Tiszafüred is Imre Újvári (Fidesz-KDNP).

The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 12 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[4]

Party		Seats	Current Municipal Assembly
	Fidesz-KDNP	8	M
	Mindenki Magyarországa	4

Notable residents

• Krisztián Budovinszky (1976-), footballer
• Anikó Szebenszky (1965-), race walker

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Tiszafüred is twinned with:

• Chotěboř, Czech Republic[5]
• Płońsk, Poland[6]
• Senta, Serbia[7]

References

1. Tiszafüred, KSH
2. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
3. "Lake Tisza". Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
4. "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Tiszafüred (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye)". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
5. "20 évesek a Tiszafüredi Mazsorettek". alfoldhir.hu (in Hungarian). Alföldhír. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
6. "Raport o stanie Gminy Miasta Płońska za rok 2018" (in Polish). Urzęd Miasta Płońsk. 15 May 2019. p. 54. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
7. "Testvérvárosaink". zenta-senta.co.rs (in Hungarian). Senta. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

External links

• Official website in Hungarian
• Tiszafüred - KehilaLinks