Balkány

Balkány is a town in Szabolcs -Szatmár -Bereg county in eastern Hungary.

• 2.1 Today

Geography

Balkány has on 89.99 km ², a population of 6,852 inhabitants ( 2005). The city is located about 28 km southeast of Nyíregyháza and 40 km northeast of Debrecen. Radius Balkány are several cities such as Biri, Geszteréd, Bököny, Szakoly and Nyírmihálydi.

Climate

Balkány has approximately 2,000 hours of sunshine per year, the second highest value for the adjacent region Alfold. The average annual rainfall is 560-590 mm, with a mean temperature 9.5 to 9.6 ° C.

History

Balkány was first mentioned in 1214. The city's name probably comes from the Turkish and means swamp. The first ruler of the area were members of the noble family Good - Keled who received the area by the King. Accordingly, the territory was divided in the family, the western part went to Paul ( Pál ) and Thomas ( Tamas ), the eastern Paul's son, Lorenz ( Lőrincz ). During the attacks of the Turkic peoples and other nomadic tribes, the city lost large parts of their population. In the 18th century, the population again rose sharply in 1839, the city was with 3006 inhabitants, the largest in the area.

Today

Balkány had 2005 6.852 inhabitants. The most important problem is unemployment in the agrarian society.

Districts

To Balkány include 27 locations in the surrounding areas, where 2151 inhabitants live:

• Abapuszta
• Baloghtanya
• Bay -tanya
• Budalapos
• Cibakpuszta
• Csiffytanya
• Déssytanya
• Dugótanya
• Fináncz tag
• Görénypuszta

• Jármytanya
• Kenderestanya
• Kiskecskés
• Kismogyorós
• Koczoghtanya
• Nádaspuszta
• Nagykecskés
• Nagymogyorós
• Ordastelep

• Perkedpuszta
• Petőfitelep
• Petritanya
• Szitástanya
• Tormáspuszta
• Trombitástanya
• Ujhelyitanya
• Ungártanya
• Vecsertanya

Twinning

• Lazarus, Romania
• Słopnice, Poland
• Chlebnice, Slovakia