Kiskunfélegyháza

Infobox Settlement


image_caption = Aerial view
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
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official_name=Kiskunfélegyháza


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Bács-Kiskun
area_total_km2=256.30
population_total=31404|population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2005|population_density_km2=123.70
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=6100
area_code=76
latd=46.70520
longd=19.85005
website=http://www.kiskunfelegyhaza.hu/

Kiskunfélegyháza is a town in the Bács-Kiskun county in southern Hungary, 130 kilometres southeast of Budapest by rail.Among the principal buildings are a fine town hall, a Roman Catholic gymnasium and a modern large parish church. The surrounding country is covered with vineyards, fruit gardens, and tobacco and corn fields. The town itself is an important railway junction.

History

Numerous Roman urns and other ancient relics have been dug up in the vicinity. In the 17th century the town was completely destroyed by the Turks, and it was not recolonized and rebuilt till 1743.

Famous people

* Ferenc Móra novelist
* Béla Magyari cosmonaut (1949)
* János Vizi Composer, organist

External links

*hu icon [http://www.kiskunfelegyhaza.hu/ Kiskunfélegyháza website]