Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
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| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County | |
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| Region | Northern Great Plain |
| County seat | Szolnok |
| Area | 5582 km² |
| Population | 411,000 |
| Population density | 74/km² |
| Municipalities | 75 |
This article is about the modern county, for the historical one see Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (former county).
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Békés, Csongrád and Bács-Kiskun. The rivers Tisza and Körös flow through the county. The capital of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county is Szolnok. Its area is 5582 km². Before approximately 1990, the name of the county was Jász-Nagykun. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza) euroregion.
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[edit] Regional structure
The majority of the population lives in the 18 cities/towns of the county.
[edit] City with county rights
[edit] Towns
(ordered by population as of 2001)
| Jászberény (28,293) | Kunszentmárton (9764) | |
| Törökszentmiklós (23,145) | Kunhegyes (8601) | |
| Karcag 22,738) | Jászárokszállás (8240) | |
| Mezőtúr (19,483) | Martfű (7366) | |
| Tiszafüred (13,953) | Újszász (6968) | |
| Kisújszállás (12,869) | Jászfényszaru (5841) | |
| Tiszaföldvár (12,068) | Kenderes (5329) | |
| Túrkeve (10,181) | Abádszalók (4677) | |
| Jászapáti (9967) |
[edit] Villages
| Counties of Hungary |  |
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| Counties: | Bács-Kiskun | Baranya | Békés | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | Csongrád | Fejér | Győr-Moson-Sopron | Hajdú-Bihar | Heves | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | Komárom-Esztergom | Nógrád | Pest | Somogy | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | Tolna | Vas | Veszprém | Zala | |
| Urban counties: | Békéscsaba | Debrecen | Dunaújváros | Eger | Érd | Győr | Hódmezővásárhely | Kaposvár | Kecskemét | Miskolc | Nagykanizsa | Nyíregyháza | Pécs | Salgótarján | Sopron | Szeged | Szekszárd | Székesfehérvár | Szolnok | Szombathely | Tatabánya | Veszprém | Zalaegerszeg | |
| Capital: | Budapest | |
| See also: Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary; Geography of Hungary | ||
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