Karcag

Karcag
Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District	Karcag (seat)
Area
• Total	368.63 km2 (142.33 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	20,632
• Density	61.25/km2 (158.6/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	5300
Area code(s)	59

Location of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in Hungary

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

Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Karcag is twinned with:^[1]

• Cristuru Secuiesc (Székelykeresztúr), Romania; since 1990
• Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland; since 2005
• Longueau, France; since 2004
• Merki, Kazakhstan; since 1998
• Moldava nad Bodvou (Szepsi), Slovakia; since 1998
• Schwarzheide, Germany; since 2004
• Stara Moravica (Bácskossuthfalva), Serbia; since 1994

Domestic partnership(s)

• Kunszentmiklós, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County; since 2009

Geography

It covers an area of 368.63 km² (142 sq mi) and has a population of 20,632 people (2011).

Significant minority groups
Nationality	Population (2011)
Germany	48
Romania	20
Russia	8
Slovakia	8
Serbia	6

Famous people

• Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–79), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag
• Avram Hershko (born 1937 as Herskó Ferenc), Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry

Aerialphotography. karcag, bridge "Zádor"

• Mihály Varga (born 1965), since 7 March 2013 Minister of National Economy of Hungary, Minister of Finance of Hungary 2001-2002 and one of four Fidesz VPs since 2005.

References

External links

• Official site in Hungarian, English, German and Italian
• Avram Hershko

Coordinates: 47°19′N 20°56′E / 47.317°N 20.933°E / 47.317; 20.933