Debrecen | |||||
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Descendin, frae tap: Déri Museum, Varsity o Debrecen, an Protestant Great Kirk | |||||
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Coordinates: 47°31′48″N 21°38′21″E / 47.52997°N 21.63916°E | |||||
Kintra | Hungary | ||||
Coonty | Hajdú-Bihar | ||||
Govrenment | |||||
• Mayor | Lajos Kósa (Fidesz) | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total | 461.25 km2 (178.09 sq mi) | ||||
Population (2011) | |||||
• Total | 211,320 | ||||
• Rank | 2nt | ||||
• Density | 442.53/km2 (1,146.1/sq mi) | ||||
Demonym(s) | cívis | ||||
Time zone | UTC1 (CET) | ||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||||
Postal code | 4000 | ||||
Area code(s) | 52 |
Debrecen (Hungarian pronunciation: ( listen), kent bi alternative names) is the seicont lairgest ceety in Hungary efter Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre o the Northren Great Plain region an the seat o Hajdú-Bihar coonty. It wis the lairgest Hungarian ceety in the 18t century an sometimes describit as ane o the maist important cultural centres o the Hungarians. Debrecen wis an aa the caipital ceety o Hungary durin the revolution in 1848-1849 an bi the end o the Warld War II in 1944-1945.
Debrecen is loecated on the Greit Hungarian Plein, 137 miles east o the ceety o Budapest. Seetuated neerby is the Hortobágy National Park an aw.
The ceety wis somewhat isolated from Budapest, Hungary's mein transport seestem entil the campletion of the M35 motorwey, Budapest can bi raeched in 2 hours. Cities that cae bi raeched from the Debrecen Airport include Brussels, Eindhoven, Lunnon, Malmö, Milan, Tel Aviv, Moscow and Paris. Ann hae biin improevments to some paats o the railwey between the captol and Debrecen as paat o Hungary's mainly EU-funned National Development Plan fo 2004 to 2006 an aw.
Loacal transport in the ceety consists o buses, trolleybuses, and trams. There are 2 tram laines, 5 trolleybus laines, and 60 bus laines. It is provided bi the DKV (Debreceni Közlekedési Vállalat, ou Transport Company o Debrecen). Nearbee tauwns and villages are linked tau the ceety bi Hajdú Volán bus services.
Debrecen is twinned wi:
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