10 Interesting Facts About Nyíregyháza

Facts About Nyíregyháza

Facts About Nyíregyháza

  • Nyíregyháza is located in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County in the northern Plain region.
  • The first written mentions of Nyíregyháza date back to 1209, although it was then called simply Nyír (‘birch’), after the Nyírség, the greater region in which the city lies.
  • Nyíregyháza is a city in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.
  • Nyíregyháza is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and is the leading city of Northern Hungary and of the northern part of the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföld).
  • The Estimated Population of Nyíregyháza is 117,874.
  • Nyíregyháza is twinned with Baia Mare, Romania; Bielsko-Biała, Poland; Harbin, China; Iserlohn, Germany; Kajaani, Finland; Kiryat Motzkin, Israel; Prešov, Slovakia; Rzeszów, Poland; Satu Mare, Romania; St Albans, England, United Kingdom & Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
  • Nyíregyháza is the birthplace of Israeli artist Zeev Kun who was born here in 1930.
  • A monument in the memory of the holocaust victims was constructed in 2004.
  • Nyíregyháza is 116 m above sea level.
  • The Georgaphic Coordinates of Nyíregyháza: 47.95306°N 21.72713°E.
Facts About Nyíregyháza
Facts About Nyíregyháza