Jászapáti
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{HUN}}
|image_skyline = Jászapáti légi1.jpg
|image_caption = Gróf Széchenyi István Catholic Secondary School
|image_shield = HUN Jászapáti Címer.svg
|image_flag = Flag of Jászapáti.svg
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|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption=Location of Jászapáti
|coordinates={{coord|47|30|45|N|20|08|30|E|region:HU|display=inline,title}}
|timezone=CET
|utc_offset=+1
|timezone_DST=CEST
|utc_offset_DST=+2
|official_name=Jászapáti
|subdivision_type1=County
|subdivision_name1=Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
|subdivision_type2=District
|subdivision_name2=Jászapáti
|area_total_km2=78.16
|population_as_of=2018
|population_total=8313[https://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2018.pdf Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015]. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 1 January 2018
|population_density_km2=109.9
|postal_code_type=Postal code
|postal_code=5130
|area_code_type=Area code
|area_code=(+36) 57
|website={{URL|http://www.jaszapati.hu/}}
}}
Jászapáti is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Geography
It covers an area of {{Convert|78.16|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} and had a population of 8585 people in 2014.
Politics
The current mayor of Jászapáti is Ferenc Farkas (Fidesz-KDNP), and the mayor from 1 October 2024 is Gergő Illés (independent).
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2024 local government elections, is made up of 9 members (1 Mayor and 8 Individual list MEPs) divided into the following political parties and alliances:{{Cite web |title=Nemzeti Választási Iroda - Helyi önkormányzati választások |url=https://vtr.valasztas.hu/onk2024/valasztopolgaroknak/varmegyek-telepulesek/varmegyek/11/telepulesek/013?tab=results&filter=representative |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=vtr.valasztas.hu |language=hu}}
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! style="background:#ccc" colspan="2" | Party ! style="background:#ccc" | Seats ! style="background:#ccc" colspan="5" | Current Municipal Assembly |
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|Independent | style="text-align: right" | 4 |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}} |M |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}} | |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}} | |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}} | | |
Twin towns – sister cities
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary}}
Jászapáti is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Testvérvárosaink|url=http://www.jaszapati.hu/index.php/testvervarosaink.html|website=jaszapati.hu|publisher=Jászapáti|language=hu|access-date=2021-04-22}}
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Glodeni, Romania (2014)
Notable residents
- János Pócs (1963-), politician
- József Tajti (1943-), footballer and coach
- Elemér Gombos (1915-unknown), Olympic swimmer
- Pál Vágó (1853-1928), painter
Gallery
File:Jászapáti légi3.jpg|Aerial photography of Jászapáti
File:Hungary Jaszapati church.jpg|Jászapáti church
File:Bahnhof, 2020 Jászapáti.jpg|The train station in Jászapáti
File:1848-49 Revolution memorial name panel K-Zs, 2020 Jászapáti.jpg|Memorial for soldiers from Jászapáti during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
File:Cemetery Chapel, 2020 Jászapáti.jpg|A cemetery chapel
File:Volt malomépület, helyi védelem alatt, 2020 Jászapáti.jpg|Former Jászapáti mill
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Jászapáti}}
- {{Official website|http://www.jaszapati.hu/}} in Hungarian
{{Jászapáti District}}
{{Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok}}
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Category:Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
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