Kisújszállás
Hungarian town
Town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary
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Flag
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Coat of arms
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Kisújszállás is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Geography
It covers an area of 205.27 km2 (79 sq mi) and has a population of 12,869 people (2002).
Politics
The current mayor of Kisújszállás is István Kecze (Fidesz-KDNP-Nagykun Civilian Circle).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 11 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[1]
Party | Seats | Current Municipal Assembly | |||||||||
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Fidesz-KDNP-Nagykun Civilian Circle | 9 | M | |||||||||
DK-MSZP | 2 | ||||||||||
Jobbik | 1 |
Notable inhabitants
- Katalin Karikó, Hungarian-American biochemist specializing in RNA-mediated mechanisms
Twin towns – sister cities
Kisújszállás is twinned with:[2]
Eberschwang, Austria (1992)
Pačir (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1996)
Săcele, Romania (1999)
Serne, Ukraine (2000)
Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia (1998)
Wilamowice, Poland (2004)
References
External links
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