Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye  (Hungarian)
Counties of Hungary
Descending, from top: the Windmill near Kengyel village, A mayfly is hatching on Tisza, and Gallery of Szolnok
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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Northern Great Plain
County seat	Szolnok
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Dr. Sándor Kovács (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	5,581.61 km2 (2,155.07 sq mi)
Area rank	8th in Hungary
Population (2011 census)
• Total	386,594
• Rank	9th in Hungary
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Postal code	50xx – 54xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 56, 57, 59
ISO 3166 code	HU-JN
Website	www.jnszm.hu

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Békés, Csongrád, and Bács-Kiskun. The rivers Tisza and Körös flow through the county. The capital of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county is Szolnok. Its area is 5582 km². Before approximately 1990, the name of the county was Szolnok. The county is named after the Ossetians (Jasz) and Cumans (Kun) who settled there, along with Szolnok. The county was part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion between 1997 and 2004.

This county has a total area of 5,582 km² (2,155 sq mi) – 6,00% of Hungary.

In 2015, it had a population of 379,897 and the population density was 68/km².

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 19,000), Germans (500) and Romanians (500).

Total population (2011 census): 386,594
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 344 488 persons:

Approx. 56,000 persons in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

The Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 19 counselors, with the following party composition: