Martfű

Martfű
Town
Szent István Square
Coat of arms
Martfű Location of Martfű
Coordinates: 47°1′1″N 20°17′2″E
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District	Szolnok
Area
• Total	23.08 km2 (8.91 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	6,237
• Density	319/km2 (830/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5435
Area code	(+36) 56
Website	www.martfu.hu

Martfű is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.

Industry

Basically, as an industrial city was established. The village is dominated by light industry. The four major industrial plants located in Martfű:

• Tisza Shoe Factory: Though designed prior to the outbreak of war. In 1941-42 a factory was established by the world-renowned Czechoslovak businessman, Dr.h.c., Jan Antonin Bata whose organization was based in Zlin, Czech Republic. The resulting factory complex and industrial town was built in Martfu, Hungary. The Hungarian shoe company called Cikta. The decades of the Kádár era Tisza Cipő became the country's largest shoe manufacturer.
• Brewery: 1985, built by the surrounding businesses.
• Vegetable Oil Factory: built between 1976-80. Primarily grown in the Great Plains sunflower, canola and soybean processing is carried out.
• Tisza Ipartelep plants: various industrial plants in the industrial and service center.

Note: It is well known that Jan A. Bata was a courageous supporter and defender of Czechoslovakia and is responsible for rescuing thousands of Jewish families from the danger of wartime Europe.

International relations

Martfű is twinned with:

• Tuchów, Poland; since 1999
• Tăuții-Măgherăuș (Misztótfalu), Romania; since 2006

Gallery

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  Aerialphotography of Martfű
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  Martfű name written in Szekely-Hungarian script and Latin letters.

Geography

It covers an area of 23.08 km² (9 sq mi) and has a population of 7366 people (2002).

External links

• Official website in Hungarian and English