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Nagyecsed

Coordinates: 47°52′N 22°24′E / 47.867°N 22.400°E / 47.867; 22.400
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Nagyecsed
Great Reformed church in Nagyecsed.
Great Reformed church in Nagyecsed.
Flag of Nagyecsed
Coat of arms of Nagyecsed
Nagyecsed is located in Hungary
Nagyecsed
Nagyecsed
Coordinates: 47°52′N 22°24′E / 47.867°N 22.400°E / 47.867; 22.400
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Government
 • MayorKovács Lajos (Ind.)
Area
 • Total43.85 km2 (16.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[3]
 • Total5,927
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4355
Area code44
Websitewww.nagyecsed.hu

Nagyecsed is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

The old name of the town was Ecsed but over time it has been renamed Nagyecsed, meaning "grand" or "great Ecsed" to distinguish it. The area had close associations with a cadet branch of the Báthory family. Elizabeth Báthory was raised in the town's now ruined castle. Her main residence and later her prison was Csejte Castle, Upper Hungary, now in Slovakia, but she was buried in the family crypt at Ecsed.

The town's castle was demolished in the eighteenth century after the Kuruc uprisings.

Ecsed, the lake and the old castle

Geography

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It covers an area of 43.85 km2 (17 sq mi) and has a population of 5,927 people (2022).

The town is divided in two by the Crasna River. It formerly lay north west of the Ecsed Marsh (Ecsedi-láp), which was the largest contiguous marshland of the Great Hungarian Plain. As part of water control operations by Tibor Károlyi this was drained in the late nineteenth century, and the lands thus reclaimed transformed into farmland.

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Település adatlap". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary". www.ksh.hu. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Census 2022". Census 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2024.