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Törökszentmiklós
Town
Törökszentmiklós Palace from above
Flag Coat of arms
Törökszentmiklós
Coordinates: 47°11′N 20°25′E / 47.183°N 20.417°E / 47.183; 20.417
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District	Törökszentmiklós
Area
• Total	185.16 km2 (71.49 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	23,145
• Density	125/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+2 ( CEST)
Postal code	5200
Area code	(+36) 56
Website	www.torokszentmiklos.hu

Törökszentmiklós [tørøksɛntmikloːʃ] is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. It is the third-largest settlement in the county.

Geography

It covers an area of 185.16 km² (71 sq mi) and has a population of 23,145 (2002).

History

The settlement was first mentioned (as Zenthmyclos) in charters of King Zsigmond in 1399.

In 1552 the castle of Balaszentmiklós fell under the Turkish siege. ("Törok" is Hungarian for "Turkish".) In 1685 it was destroyed.

In 1738 the settlement, then known as Török Szent Miklós, became a market town.

Politics

Between the 1990s and 2014 local politics were dominated by Fidesz and Fidesz-supporting independent groups, but Jobbik became the majority party in the Municipal Assembly at the 2014 Hungarian local elections. ^[1]

The current mayor of Törökszentmiklós is Imre Markót (Our Home Szentmiklós).

The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 Hungarian local elections, is made up of 11 members (1 mayor, 7 individual constituency MEPs and 3 compensation list MEPs) divided between these political parties and alliances: ^[2]

Sport

The association football club, Törökszentmiklósi FC, is based in the town.

Twin towns – sister cities

Törökszentmiklós is twinned with: ^[3]

• Lendava, Slovenia
• Nevetlenfolu, Ukraine
• Ryglice, Poland
• Senta, Serbia
• Sic, Romania

References

External links

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• Official website in Hungarian
• Törökszentmiklós, Hungary at JewishGen

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