Jászárokszállás

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

Jászárokszállás
Town
Aerial photography of the town
Flag Coat of arms
Jászárokszállás Location of Jászárokszállás
Coordinates: 47°38′31″N 19°58′43″E / 47.64194°N 19.97861°E / 47.64194; 19.97861
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District	Jászberény
Area
• Total	77.17 km^2 (29.80 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	7,756^[1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5123
Area code	(+36) 57
Website	www.jaszarokszallas.hu

Geography

It covers an area of 77.17 km² (30 sq mi) and has a population of 7914 people (2014).

History

First mention of Jászárokszállás was in the beginning of the 14th century.

Notable people

• János Görbe (1912–1968), actor
• Ferenc Donáth (1913–1986), politician
• Sándor Csányi (1953-), banker, investor, business magnate, philanthropist
• József Sándor (1892–?), wrestler

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Jászárokszállás is twinned with:^[2]

•   Tarłów, Poland

References

1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2016. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2017
2. "Testvérvárosunk". jaszarokszallas.hu (in Hungarian). Jászárokszállás. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jászárokszállás.

• Official website in Hungarian