Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County

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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
Country Hungary
Region Northern Great Plain
County seat Szolnok
Area
 - Total 5,582 km2 (2,155.2 sq mi)
Population
 - Total 399,000
 - Density 71.5/km2 (185.1/sq mi)
County coat of arms

This article is about the modern county, for the historical one see Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (former county).

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Békés, Csongrád and Bács-Kiskun. The rivers Tisza and Körös flow through the county. The capital of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county is Szolnok. Its area is 5582 km². Before approximately 1990, the name of the county was Szolnok. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza) euroregion.

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[edit] Regional structure

The majority of the population lives in the 18 cities/towns of the county.

[edit] City with county rights

Aerial photography: Szolnok - Hungary

[edit] Towns

(ordered by population as of 2001)

[edit] Villages

Mezőtúr - City hall - aerial photo

Coordinates: 47°15′N 20°30′E / 47.25°N 20.5°E / 47.25; 20.5