Túrkeve Explained

Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Coordinates:47.1039°N 20.7419°W
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Túrkeve
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Mezőtúr
Area Total Km2:236.52
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:9008[1]
Population Density Km2:38.1
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5420
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:(+36) 56

Túrkeve is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of Hungary.[1]

Geography

It covers an area of 236.522NaN2.[1]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the total population of Túrkeve was 9,008, of whom there were 87.8% Hungarians and 2.4% Romani by ethnicity. 12.2% did not declare their ethnicity, excluding these people Hungarians made up 100% of the total population.[1] In Hungary people can declare more than one ethnicity, so some people declared a minority one along with Hungarian.[2]

Túrkeve is one of the least religious town in Hungary, 56.7% of the population was irreligious, while 17.9% was Hungarian Reformed (Calvinist) and 4.4% Roman Catholic.[1]

Travel

There used to be a railway (link to the Hungarian Wikipedia page) connecting Mezőtúr and Túrkeve, owned by MÁV. However, due to low ridership, this was closed in the 1960s, and the track was removed thereafter. With the closure of the only rail line between Túrkeve and any other city, the other form of transport is through road, including a daily bus service.

Politics

The current mayor of Túrkeve is Róbert Benedek Sallai (Independent).

The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 9 members (1 Mayor and 8 Individual list MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[3]

PartySeatsCurrent Municipal Assembly
 Independent5M    
 Fidesz-KDNP2     
 MSZP2     

Notable people from Túrkeve

Twin towns – sister cities

Túrkeve is twinned with:[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=HU&p_id=28228 Gazetteer of Hungary / Túrkeve
  2. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/nepsz2011/nepsz_03_00_2011.pdf Hungarian census 2011 - final data and methodology
  3. Web site: Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Túrkeve (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye). valasztas.hu. 2019-10-29.
  4. Web site: Testvérvárosaink. Túrkeve. hu. 2023-02-06.