Mezőtúr is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, Hungary, located southeast of Budapest. The town is known for its pottery, and for large cattle herds raised on communal lands that also produce wheat, rapeseed and maize, and it holds several well-attended fairs each year.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Latitude47.004167 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Mezőtúr (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 47.004167, longitude 20.618056
P2046 (area)
area 289.72 sq km
Wikidata statement P1082
population = 15257 (Wikidata P1082, as of 2025-01-01, preferred rank)
View the Source2. Mezőtúr (Wikipedia)
Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1205
Later it was named Mezőtúr (mező means field, referring to the good soil of the Great Plain.) The town was first mentioned under King Andrew II (1205-1235) as villa Tur.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1235
Later it was named Mezőtúr (mező means field, referring to the good soil of the Great Plain.) The town was first mentioned under King Andrew II (1205-1235) as villa Tur.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Mezőtúr - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 82 m
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, 20.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.25, 20.75
47.25 20.75 Cfb
5. GeoNames: Mezőtúr - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 717635Quote, cities500 record 717635
47 20.63333 P PPLA2 HU 20 19168 82 Europe/Budapest
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