Szolnok

Szolnok () is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. It is a city with county rights. It is on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain. This has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries. Szolnok also has one of Hungary’s best waterpolo teams.

 Demographics 
In 2001, the population of Szolnok consisted of 98% Hungarian, 1% Gypsy, and 1% people of other nationalities (mainly German).Population of Szolnok by Nationality, in Hungarian

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 of BMW Diesel Development Center
 Rev Peter Bedekovics (born 1989) Reformed minister, national chair of the Hungarian Scout Association
 Csaba Horváth (1930–2004) chemical engineer and inventor of HPLC
 Zoltán Jeney (1943–2019) composer
 Gina Kanizsa (born 1988), jazz singer
 Hedvig Karakas (born 1990) Olympic Judoka
 Katalin Karikó (born 1955) biochemist, senior vice president at BioNTech
 Ferenc Molnár (born 1982), Hungarian singer
 Arpád Račko (1930–2015) Slovak sculptor
 Gábor Szabó, architect
 Gizella Tary (1884–1960) Olympic fencer

 Lived in Szolnok 

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

 International relations 

A public transport stop in the Estonian city of Tallinn is named for Szolnok.

 Twin towns – sister cities 

Szolnok is twinned with:

 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)

 References 

 Other websites 

 Official site  in Hungarian, English and German
 Aerial photography of Szolnok
 Museum of Hungarian Aviation
 Transmitter station Szolnok 

Category:Cities in Hungary