Hungary's second-largest city after Budapest, the regional center of the Northern Great Plain and seat of Hajdu-Bihar County. It was the country's largest city in the 18th century, served as Hungary's capital during the 1848-1849 revolution, when the dethronement of the Habsburg dynasty was declared in its Reformed Great Church, and again functioned as the capital at the end of World War II in 1944-1945; it is home to the University of Debrecen.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Debrecen (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
202402
Infobox: population_as_of
2019
Infobox: Area
461.25 km2 (178.09 sq mi)
Lead section: first documented
The city is first documented in 1235, as Debrezun.
Infobox: Elevation
121 m (397 ft)
Infobox: Coordinates
47°31′54″N 21°37′28″E
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Debrecen - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 721472
47.53167 21.62444 P PPLA HU 10 202402 124 Europe/Budapest
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 124 m
View the Source 3. 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 47.75, 21.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 47.75, 21.75
47.75 21.75 Cfb
Wikidata: Debrecen
Wikidata Q79880, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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