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Town in Csongrád, Hungary
Kistelek
Town
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Flag of KistelekFlagCoat of arms of KistelekCoat of arms
Kistelek is located in HungaryKistelekKistelek
Coordinates: 46°28′23″N 19°58′48″E / 46.473°N 19.980°E / 46.473; 19.980
Country Hungary
CountyCsongrád
DistrictKistelek
Area
 • Total69.19 km (26.71 sq mi)
Population
 • Total7,039
 • Density100/km (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code6760
Area code(+36) 62
Websitewww.kistelek.hu

Kistelek is a town in Csongrad-Csanád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of 69.19 km (26.71 sq mi) and has a population of 7020 people (2012).

History

In the early Middle Ages, the town was a Cuman settlement that had a church. The town first appeared in writing in 1420. Following the Ottoman occupation of Hungary, the settlement went extinct, and became pastureland belonging to Szeged.

The town started to reform in 1747 when a post office, feasting hall (a "Csárda"), and seven small homes popped up along the road to Kiskunfélegyháza.

The more significant reconstruction of the town had an unusual motivation. The road connecting Budapest with Szeged carried large amounts of post, and couriers often fell prey to bandits in the pasturelands around Kistelek. The government tried to alleviate this problem by asking Szeged to sell these pasturelands, and send settlers. The local government in Szeged eventually managed to find 100 families, mostly from the region of Mátra, to settle the town. The sandy pasturelands were turned into vineyards, which were unfortunately destroyed by an epidemic of phylloxera in the 1860s and 70s.

In 1989 Kistelek was granted town status. Today, the town functions as the economic, educational, medical, and administrative centre for the surrounding villages of Baks, Balástya, Csengele, Ópusztaszer, and Pusztaszer.

Demographics

In 2023, the town's total population was 7039. As of the 2022 national census the town was 90.5% Hungarian, 0.9% Gypsy, and 2.5% of non-European origin. The population was 36.3% Roman Catholic, and 2.4% Reformed.

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Kistelek is twinned with:

References

  1. "Ethnographia • 90. évfolyam (1979) | Arcanum Újságok". adt.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  2. "Csongrádvármegye története II. (Budapest, 1898) | Arcanum Újságok". adt.arcanum.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  3. "Magyarország helységnévtára". www.ksh.hu. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  4. "Testvérvárosok". kistelek.hu (in Hungarian). Kistelek. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

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Towns and villages of Kistelek District
Town (1) Coat of arms - Kistelek
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Csongrád-Csanád County
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