Füzesgyarmat

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|subdivision_name1=Békés

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|subdivision_name2=Szeghalom

|area_total_km2=127.41

|population_as_of=2015

|population_total=5774[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/shop.kiadvany?p_kiadvany_id=81322&p_temakor_kod=KSH&p_session_id=800051036609396&p_lang=EN Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015]. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015

|population_density_km2=45

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Füzesgyarmat is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.

History

=Jewish community=

A Jewish community lived in the village from the beginning of the 19th century until it was destroyed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. In 1880, there were 171 Jews in the place and by 1930 already 230 lived there. A synagogue was built in 1929 and it exists to this day and serves as a school.[https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/e215526/Place/Fuzesgyarmat The Jewish Community of Fuzesgyarmat] in The Museum of The Jewish People website

Geography

It covers an area of {{Convert|127.41|km2|abbr=on}} and has a population of 5,774 people (2014).

Sport

Twin towns – sister cities

Füzesgyarmat is twinned with:

References

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