| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Coordinates: | 47.0272°N 21.1661°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Official Name: | Szeghalom |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Békés |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Szeghalom |
| Area Total Km2: | 217.13 |
| Population As Of: | 2009 |
| Population Total: | 9465 |
| Population Density Km2: | 47 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 5520 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | (+36) 66 |
Szeghalom is a town in Békés county, in southeastern Hungary.[1]
In the 19th and 20th centuries, a Jewish community with hundreds of members lived in the village.
On March 19, 1944, after the German army entered Hungary, the village Jews were forbidden to leave. In May, the Jews were concentrated in the ghetto established around the synagogue.On June 26, 1944, the village's Jews were transported by train to the Szolnok ghetto, from where they were sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp and murdered in the Holocaust.[2]
Szeghalom's football club Szeghalmi FC plays the regional 1 league.[3] It has a stadium with a capacity of over 500 people.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary. Szeghalom is twinned with:
