Szolnok

Szolnok
City with county rights
Szolnok Megyei Jogú Város
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Capital ofTisza,Gate of Transtisza,City of Waters
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Coordinates:47.17467°N 20.19649°E/47.17467; 20.19649
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District	Szolnok
Government
• Mayor	Ferenc Szalay(Fidesz)
Area
• Total	187.24 km2(72.29 sq mi)
Elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Population (2019)
• Total	71,285
• Rank	11th in Hungary
Time zone	UTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2(CEST)
Postal code	5000 to 5008
Area code	(+36) 56
Website	info.szolnok.hu

Szolnok(Hungarian pronunciation:[ˈsolnok]) is the county seat ofJász-Nagykun-Szolnokcountyin centralHungary.It is acity with county rights.It is on the banks of theTisza river,in the heart of theGreat Hungarian Plain.This has made it an importantculturalandeconomiccrossroads forcenturies.Szolnok also has one of Hungary’s bestwaterpoloteams.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1850	10,617	—
1870	15,847	+49.3%
1879	16,120	+1.7%
1900	24,160	+49.9%
1910	24,417	+1.1%
1920	31,065	+27.2%
1930	37,317	+20.1%
1941	39,897	+6.9%
1949	34,003	−14.8%
1960	45,640	+34.2%
1970	63,467	+39.1%
1980	75,362	+18.7%
1990	78,328	+3.9%
2001	77,654	−0.9%
2011	72,953	−6.1%
2020	70,554	−3.3%

In 2001, thepopulationof Szolnok consisted of 98%Hungarian,1%Gypsy,and 1% people of othernationalities(mainlyGerman).

Szolnok's population reached its highest level in 1989 with almost 82,000 people. Since then it has been slowly going down.

Notable people

Born in Szolnok

• Ferenc Anisits(born 1938)engineer,founder ofBMWDiesel Development Center
• RevPeter Bedekovics(born 1989) Reformed minister, national chair of theHungarian Scout Association
• Csaba Horváth(1930–2004)chemical engineerand inventor ofHPLC
• Zoltán Jeney(1943–2019)composer
• Gina Kanizsa(born 1988),jazzsinger
• Hedvig Karakas(born 1990)OlympicJudoka
• Katalin Karikó(born 1955)biochemist,senior vice president atBioNTech
• Ferenc Molnár(born 1982), Hungariansinger
• Arpád Račko(1930–2015)Slovaksculptor
• Gábor Szabó,architect
• Gizella Tary(1884–1960)Olympicfencer

Lived in Szolnok

• Bertalan Farkas(born 1949),cosmonaut
• Martin Nedić(1810–1895)Croatianpoet
• Viktor Orbán(born 1963),prime minister
• Gábor Szegő(1895–1985),mathematician

International relations

Riihimäki

Reutlingen

Baia Mare

Bielsko-Biała

Forlì

Shoham

Eastwood

Rakvere

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Twin towns of Szolnok in Europe

A public transport stop in the Estonian city ofTallinnis named for Szolnok.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also:List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Szolnok istwinnedwith:

• Baia Mare,Romania (1990)
• Bengbu,China
• Bielsko-Biała,Poland (1995)
• Eastwood,England, UK (2006)
• Forlì,Italy (1998)
• Jinzhong,China
• Rakvere,Estonia (2008)
• Reutlingen,Germany (1990)
• Riihimäki,Finland (1969)
• Sanmenxia,China (2008)
• Shoham,Israel (2001)
• Yuza,Japan (2004)

Other websites

• Official siteArchived2022-08-02 at theWayback Machinein Hungarian, English and German
• Aerial photography of Szolnok
• Museum of Hungarian Aviation
• Transmitter station Szolnok(in English and German)