This article is about the modern county, for the historical one see Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (former county)

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (former county)

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is presently in central Hungary, was slightly smaller than that of present Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county...

.

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus

Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary)

A county is the name of a type of administrative units in the Kingdom of Hungary and in Hungary from the 10th century until the present day....

 or megye) in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. It lies in central Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest

Pest (county)

Ethnic groups :*Magyars - 93.5%*Germans - 1.7%*Roma - 1.2%*Slovaks - 0.8%*Others - 0.5%*Unknown - 2.3%Religions :*Roman Catholic - 53%*Calvinist - 16%*Lutheran - 3.8%*Greek Catholic - 1.2%*Others - 1.3%...

, Heves

Heves (county)

Heves county lies in northern Hungary. It lies between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok...

, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén is the name of an administrative county in north-eastern Hungary , on the border with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Hajdú-Bihar and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. The capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county is Miskolc...

, Hajdú-Bihar

Hajdú-Bihar

Hajdú-Bihar is an administrative county in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés. The capital of Hajdú-Bihar county is Debrecen...

, Békés

Békés (county)

Békés County , is an administrative division in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital of Békés county is Békéscsaba...

, Csongrád

Csongrád (county)

This article is about the county. For the town see Csongrád. For the historical comitatus see Csongrád .Csongrád is the name of an administrative county in southern Hungary, on the both sides of the river Tisza, on the border with Serbia and Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties...

 and Bács-Kiskun

Bács-Kiskun

Bács-Kiskun is a county located in southern Hungary. It was created as a result of World War II, merging the pre war Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. With an area of 8,445 km2, Bács-Kiskun is the largest county in the country. The terrain is mostly flat...

. The rivers Tisza

Tisza

The Tisza or Tisa is one of the main rivers of Central Europe. It rises in Ukraine, and is formed near Rakhiv by the junction of headwaters White Tisa, whose source is in the Chornohora mountains and Black Tisa, which springs in the Gorgany range...

 and Körös flow through the county. The capital of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county is Szolnok

Szolnok

Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries....

. Its area is 5582 km². Before approximately 1990, the name of the county was Szolnok. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza) euroregion. The county is named after the Cumans

Cumans

The Cumans were Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. After Mongol invasion , they decided to seek asylum in Hungary, and subsequently to Bulgaria...

 (Kun) who settled there, among other places.

City with county rights

• Szolnok
  Szolnok
  Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries....
  
   (county seat
  County seat
  A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
  
  )

Towns

(ordered by population as of 2001)

• Jászberény
  Jászberény
  Jászberény is a city and market centre in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in Hungary.- Location :Jászberény is located in central Hungary, on the Zagyva River, a tributary of the Tisza River...
  
   (28,293)
• Törökszentmiklós
  Törökszentmiklós
  Törökszentmiklós 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 and has a population of 23,145 people ....
  
   (23,145)
• Karcag
  Karcag
  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...
  
   (22,738)
• Mezőtúr
  Mezotúr
  Mezőtúr is a town of Hungary, in the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, 88 m. southeast of Budapest by rail. It possesses important potteries. Large herds of cattle are reared on the communal lands, which are productive also of wheat, rapeseed and maize...
  
   (19,483)
• Tiszafüred
  Tiszafüred
  Tiszafüred is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 13,953 people .-External links:*...
  
   (13,953)
• Kisújszállás
  Kisújszállás
  Kisújszállás is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 12,869 people .-History:History of the city...
  
   (12,869)
• Tiszaföldvár
  Tiszaföldvár
  Tiszaföldvár is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 12,027 people .-Twin towns — Sister cities:Tiszaföldvár is twinned with...
  
   (12,068)
• Túrkeve
  Túrkeve
  Túrkeve is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 10,181 people ....
  
   (10,181)
• Jászapáti
  Jászapáti
  Jászapáti is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 9913 people ....
  
   (9,967)
• Kunszentmárton
  Kunszentmárton
  Kunszentmárton is a small town of the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, central Hungary.It is the centre of the administrative region of Kunszentmártoni kistérség which oncludes the following villages:-Geography:...
  
   (9,764)

• Jászárokszállás
  Jászárokszállás
  Jászárokszállás is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 8267 people .-People:Famous actors from here are:* Jenő Balassa ,...
  
   (8,240)
• Kunhegyes
  Kunhegyes
  Kunhegyes is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary. It is located at around ....
  
   (8,601)
• Martfű
  Martfu
  Martfű is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.- Industry :Basically, as an industrial city was established. The village is dominated by light industry. The four major industrial plants located in Martfű:* Tisza Shoe Factory: 1941-42 was...
  
   (7,366)
• Újszász
  Újszász
  Újszász is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 6968 people ....
  
   (6,968)
• Jászfényszaru
  Jászfényszaru
  Jászfényszaru is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 5887 people ....
  
   (5,841)
• Jászkisér
  Jászkisér
  Jászkisér is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 5773 people ....
  
   (5,559)
• Rákóczifalva
  Rákóczifalva
  Rákóczifalva is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 5571 people ....
  
   (5,446)
• Kenderes
  Kenderes
  -Location, geography:The town is located along Route 4, halfway between the cities of Debrecen and Szolnok. It lies in the Great Hungarian Plain, thus its geography is defined by flat expanses. The town is primarily surrounded by agricultural zones...
  
   (5,329)
• Abádszalók
  Abádszalók
  Abádszalók is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 5079 people .-External links:*...
  
   (4,677)

Villages

• Alattyán
  Alattyán
  Alattyán is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Famous people from Alattyán:On 15 May 2007, the New York Times published an article about looking for the ancestral estate of French president Nicolas Sarkozy's family in Alattyán.Nowadays,...
  
  
• Berekfürdő
  Berekfürdo
  Berekfürdő is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 919 people ....
  
  
• Besenyszög
  Besenyszög
  Besenyszög is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 3523 people ....
  
  
• Cibakháza
  Cibakháza
  Cibakháza is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 3523 people ....
  
  
• Csataszög
  Csataszög
  Csataszög is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 314 people ....
  
  
• Csépa
  Csépa
  Csépa is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1866 people ....
  
  
• Cserkeszőlő
  Cserkeszolo
  Cserkeszőlő is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2231 people ....
  
  
• Fegyvernek
  Fegyvernek
  Fegyvernek is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 7087 people ....
  
  
• Hunyadfalva
  Hunyadfalva
  Hunyadfalva is a small village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 230 people ....
  
  
• Jánoshida
  Jánoshida
  Jánoshida is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2725 people .-History:Earliest signs are from archaeologic finds of...
  
  
• Jászágó
  Jászágó
  Jászágó is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. The town is twinned with Heitenried.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 776 people ....
  
  
• Jászalsószentgyörgy
  Jászalsószentgyörgy
  Jászalsószentgyörgy is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 3801 people ....
  
  
• Jászboldogháza
  Jászboldogháza
  Jászboldogháza is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1830 people .website: www.jaszboldoghaza.hu...
  
  
• Jászdózsa
  Jászdózsa
  Jászdózsa is a village on the banks of the Tarna river in the Jász region of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary approximately east of Budapest...
  
  

• Jászfelsőszentgyörgy
  Jászfelsoszentgyörgy
  Jászfelsőszentgyörgy is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1821 people ....
  
  
• Jászivány
  Jászivány
  Jászivány is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 429 people ....
  
  
• Jászjákóhalma
  Jászjákóhalma
  Jászjákóhalma is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 3125 people .-Maps:...
  
  
• Jászladány
  Jászladány
  Jászladány is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 5977 people ....
  
  
• Jászszentandrás
  Jászszentandrás
  Jászszentandrás is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2688 people ....
  
  
• Jásztelek
  Jásztelek
  Jásztelek is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1770 people ....
  
  
• Kengyel
  Kengyel
  Kengyel is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 4370 people ....
  
  
• Kétpó
  Kétpó
  Kétpó is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 820 people ....
  
  
• Kőtelek
  Kotelek
  Kőtelek is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of on the right bank of the river Tisza, and has a population of 1803 people ....
  
  
• Kuncsorba
  Kuncsorba
  Kuncsorba is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 742 people ....
  
  
• Kunmadaras
  Kunmadaras
  Kunmadaras is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. The first written record of the existence of the village is from 1393. According to it Sigismund gave this area to the possession of György Madaras, that is where the name comes...
  
  
• Mesterszállás
  Mesterszállás
  Mesterszállás is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 823 people ....
  
  
• Mezőhék
  Mezohék
  Mezőhék is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 390 people ....
  
  

• Nagyiván
  Nagyiván
  Nagyiván is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1234 people . The village lays at the edge of the Hortobágy National Park . The inhabitants mainly work in the agricultural sector....
  
  
• Nagykörű
  Nagyköru
  - Location :Nagykörű is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.The village is located on the right bank of River Tisza, 25 kilometres away to the northeast from Szolnok...
  
  
• Nagyrév
  Nagyrév
  Nagyrév is a village in Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok in central Hungary.Between 1914 and 1929, a large group of female villagers calling themselves "The Angel Makers of Nagyrév" systematically poisoned to death an estimated 300 people in Nagyrev....
  
  
• Pusztamonostor
  Pusztamonostor
  Pusztamonostor is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1664 people ....
  
  
• Rákócziújfalu
  Rákócziújfalu
  Rákócziújfalu is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2045 people ....
  
  
• Szajol
  Szajol
  Szajol is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 4057 people ....
  
  
• Szelevény
  Szelevény
  Szelevény is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1240 people ....
  
  
• Tiszabő
  Tiszabo
  Tiszabő is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2033 people ....
  
  
• Tiszabura
  Tiszabura
  Tiszabura is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2775 people ....
  
  
• Tiszaderzs
  Tiszaderzs
  Tiszaderzs is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1387 people ....
  
  
• Tiszagyenda
  Tiszagyenda
  Tiszagyenda is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1077 people .-Maps:...
  
  
• Tiszaigar
  Tiszaigar
  Tiszaigar is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 946 people ....
  
  
• Tiszainoka
  Tiszainoka
  Tiszainoka is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 410 people .-Maps:...
  
  

• Tiszajenő
  Tiszajeno
  Tiszajenő is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1699 people ....
  
  
• Tiszakürt
  Tiszakürt
  Tiszakürt is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Location:The Great Plains, the Tiszazug, expelled from the left coast, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok county southwestern corner of the county town, about 45 km Szolnok. Neighboring municipalities...
  
  
• Tiszaörs
  Tiszaörs
  Tiszaörs is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1525 people ....
  
  
• Tiszapüspöki
  Tiszapüspöki
  Tiszapüspöki is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2130 people ....
  
  
• Tiszaroff
  Tiszaroff
  Tiszaroff is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1905 people .-History of the Tiszaroff Reformed Church:...
  
  
• Tiszasas
  Tiszasas
  Tiszasas is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1024 people ....
  
  
• Tiszaszentimre
  Tiszaszentimre
  Tiszaszentimre is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2378 people ....
  
  
• Tiszaszőlős
  Tiszaszolos
  Tiszaszőlős is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It has a population of 1730 people as of ....
  
  
• Tiszatenyő
  Tiszatenyo
  Tiszatenyő is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1857 people . It's about far from Szolnok. It has a railway station in the 120 and the 130 rail line...
  
  
• Tiszavárkony
  Tiszavárkony
  Tiszavárkony is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1751 people ....
  
  
• Tomajmonostora
  Tomajmonostora
  Tomajmonostora is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 753 people ....
  
  
• Tószeg
  Tószeg
  Tószeg is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 4697 people ....
  
  
• Vezseny
  Vezseny
  Vezseny is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 660 people ....
  
  
• Zagyvarékas
  Zagyvarékas
  Zagyvarékas is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 3761 people ....
  
  

See also

• Cumans
  Cumans
  The Cumans were Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. After Mongol invasion , they decided to seek asylum in Hungary, and subsequently to Bulgaria...
  
  - the ancient nomadic warriors which the county is named after