| Kiskunfélegyháza | |
| Native Name Lang: | hu |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Image Alt: | Aerial view |
| Flag Alt: | Flag |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary#Europe |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kiskunfélegyháza |
| Coordinates: | 46.7052°N 19.8501°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bács-Kiskun |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kiskunfélegyháza |
| Leader Party: | Nemzeti Fórum |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | József Csányi |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 256.30 |
| Elevation Min M: | 90 |
| Elevation Max M: | 105 |
| Population Total: | 28803 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Density Km2: | 112.38 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 6100 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | (+36) 76 |
Kiskunfélegyháza (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈkiʃkunfeːlɛchaːzɒ/; German: Feulegaß) is a city in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary.
Kiskunfélegyháza is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, 130km (80miles) southeast from Budapest. M5 motorway, Highway 5, 451, Budapest–Cegléd–Szeged railway line and railway lines to Szolnok, Kiskunhalas and Szentes also cross the town.[1] The surrounding country is covered with vineyards, fruit gardens, and tobacco and corn fields.
Félegyháza means "half church" in Hungarian, while prefix Kiskun refers to the region Kiskunság ("Little Cumania").
Numerous Roman urns and other ancient relics have been dug up in the vicinity.
Conquering Hungarians arrived in the 9th century, adopted Christianity and settled down in the region by the 10th century. The first settlements devastated by the Mongols in 1241–42, the region became uninhabited. King Béla IV invited Cuman settlers,[2] who also adopted Christianity, farming lifestyle and the Hungarian language.[3] The town was existing in 1389 when a document mentions Feledház, an earlier name for the settlement.[4] The town was ruined in 1526 by Ottoman troops and was uninhabited until the Christian troops liberated the area.[3] [2]
Kiskunfélegyháza was reestablished by Roman Catholic Hungarian settlers[3] from Jászfényszaru and Üllés in 1743.[2] Queen Maria Theresa moved the courts and prisons for the Kiskun district to Kiskunfélegyháza in 1753 and granted town privileges also in 1774.[2]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary. Kiskunfélegyháza is twinned with:[5]
Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Corund, Romania Die, France
Feltre, Italy
Jászfényszaru, Hungary
Kikinda, Serbia
Rabka-Zdrój, Poland Sighișoara, Romania