Kétegyháza

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Kétegyháza
Chitighaz
Village

Coat of arms
Country Hungary
Region Southern Great Plain
County Békés
Subregion Gyulai
KSH code 03461[1]
Government
  Mayor Mária Gyuricska (Independent)[2]
Area[1]
  Total 50.49 km2 (19.49 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
  Total 4,135
  Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 5741
Area code +36 66
Website ketegyhaza.hu

Kétegyháza (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkeːtɛɟhaːzɒ]; Romanian: Chitighaz) is a large village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. It is one of the main centres of Hungary's Romanian minority.

Notable people

  • Sándor Márki - historiographer, professor
  • József Kalcsó – painter
  • Imre Mudin – athlete, Olympic participant
  • István Mudin – athlete, flagbearer of Hungary at the 1908 Olympics, older brother of Imre

Tourist sights

  • Machine museum - collection of agricultural machinery and equipment
  • Romanian country house
  • Jewish Cemetery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1
  2. "Békés Megye Képviselő-testületének Közlönye" (in Hungarian). bekesmegye.hu. November 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2012. 
  3. Kétegyháza at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 2010

External links

Coordinates: 46°32′N 21°11′E / 46.533°N 21.183°E / 46.533; 21.183

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