Túrkeve


Túrkeve is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the total population of Túrkeve was 9,008, of whom there were 87.8% Hungarians and 2.4% Romani by ethnicity. 12.2% did not declare their ethnicity, excluding these people Hungarians made up 100% of the total population. In Hungary people can declare more than one ethnicity, so some people declared a minority one along with Hungarian.
Túrkeve is one of the least religious town in Hungary, 56.7% of the population was irreligious, while 17.9% was Hungarian Reformed and 4.4% Roman Catholic.

Travel

There used to be a :hu:Mezőtúr–Túrkeve-vasútvonal|railway connecting Mezőtúr and Túrkeve, owned by MÁV. However, due to low ridership, this was closed in the 1960s, and the track was removed thereafter. With the closure of the only rail line between Túrkeve and any other city, the other form of transport is through road, including a daily bus service.

Politics

The current mayor of Túrkeve is Róbert Benedek Sallai.
The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 9 members divided into this political parties and alliances:

Notable people from Túrkeve

Túrkeve is twinned with:
CityRegionCountry
Auchel Pas-de-Calais
Porąbka Silesia
Salonta Bihor
Velykyi Bychkiv Zakarpattia