Martfű
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Martfű
|settlement_type = Town
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{HUN}}
|image_skyline = Martfű légifotó1.jpg
|image_caption = Szent István Square
|image_shield = HUN Martfű Címer.svg
|image_flag = Flag of Martfű.svg
|pushpin_map = Hungary
|pushpin_label_position =
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Martfű
|coordinates = {{coord|47|1|1|N|20|17|2|E|region:HU|display=inline,title}}
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|subdivision_type1 = County
|subdivision_name1 = Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Szolnok
|area_total_km2 = 23.08
|population_as_of = 2016
|population_total = 6237
|population_density_km2 = 319
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 5435
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = (+36) 56
|website = {{URL|martfu.hu}}
}}
Martfű is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.{{cite web |url=http://www.martfu.hu/ |title=Home |website=martfu.hu}}
Industry
The town is dominated by light industry, including the following:
- Tisza Shoe Factory: Though designed prior to the outbreak of war, in 1941–42, a factory was established by the Czechoslovak businessman Jan Antonin Bata, whose organization was based in Zlín. During the decades of the Kádár era, Tisza Cipő became the country's largest shoe manufacturer.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
- Brewery: 1985, built by the surrounding businesses.
- Vegetable Oil Factory: built between 1976 and 1980. Primarily grown in the Great Plains sunflower, canola and soybean processing is carried out.
- Tisza Ipartelep plants: various industrial plants in the industrial and service center.
Martfű Monster
The town is infamous for serial killer Péter Kovács, who is known as the Martfű Monster.
International relations
Martfű is twinned with:[http://www.martfu.hu/?module=news&fname=testvervarosok Martfű twinning]
- {{flagicon|POL}} Tuchów, Poland; since 1999
- {{flagicon|ROU}} Tăuții-Măgherăuș (Misztótfalu), Romania; since 2006
Gallery
File:Martfű légifotó1.jpg|Aerial photography of Martfű
File:Martfu sign rovas script.jpg|Martfű name written in Szekely-Hungarian script and Latin letters.
Geography
Martfű covers an area of {{convert|23.08|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} and has a population of 7366 people (2002).
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Martfű}}
- {{Official|martfu.hu}}
{{Szolnok District}}
{{Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok}}
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Category:Populated places in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
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