Csenger
Town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary
Coat of arms
47°50′N 22°41′E / 47.833°N 22.683°E / 47.833; 22.683
Hungary (2015)[1]
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Csenger is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It is known for being the poorest town in Hungary. In 2023, the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters announced that it is constracting a new prison in the town, with inmates producing metal and wooden furnishings for the new facility.[2]
Geography
The town covers an area of 36.16 km2 (14 sq mi) and has a population of 4,870 people (2015). It lies on left bank of the river Szamos, on the border with Romania.
Twin towns – sister cities
Csenger is twinned with:[3]
Covasna, Romania
Hauenstein, Germany- Negrești-Oaș, Romania
- Tășnad, Romania
- Vetiș, Romania
References
- ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
- ^ "Hungarian Inmates Assist in the Furnishing of the High-Tech Csenger Prison". HungarianConservative.com.
- ^ "Testvérvárosaink". csenger.hu (in Hungarian). Csenger. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
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