Körösladány

Körösladány is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Körösladány is located along the Crișul Repede.

Körösladány
Town
Körösladány
Coordinates: 46.964°N 21.079°E / 46.964; 21.079
Country Hungary
CountyBékés
DistrictSzeghalom
Area
  Total123.87 km2 (47.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
  Total4,557
  Density36.8/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5516
Area code(+36) 66
Websitewww.korosladany.hu

Béla Wenckheim, a Hungarian politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary in 1875, was born here.

Jews lived in the city in the 19th and 20th centuries until the German Nazis destroyed the Jewish community in the Holocaust.

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