Füzesabony

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title: "Füzesabony" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-heves-county"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-heves-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Füzesabony" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
settlement_type	Town
image_shield	Coa_Hungary_Town_Füzesabony.svg
image_skyline	Füzesabony,_római_katolikus_plébániatemplom_2021_03.jpg
caption	Roman Catholic church in Füzesabony
image_flag	Flag of Füzesabony.svg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
pushpin_map	Hungary
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Füzesabony
pushpin_mapsize	275px
coordinates
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
official_name	Füzesabony
image_map	File:HevesMegye.png
mapsize	275px
map_caption	Location of Heves county in Hungary
subdivision_type1	County
subdivision_name1	Heves
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Füzesabony
area_total_km2	46.34
population_total	8335
population_as_of	2001
population_density_km2	179.87
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	3390
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	(+36) 36
website
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History

The area was inhabited in prehistoric times, and the evidence of this is now preserved in the Hungarian National Museum. Neolithic settlements were excavated by archaeologists in the area called Szikszói berek near Füzesabony-Gubakút and Pusztaszikszó, as well as near the sewage plant, in 1995–96, and in 1997 and 2005 to 2006. Later, Celts and Sarmatians also inhabited it. The settlement is first mentioned in 1261, as Obon. It was destroyed by the Ottomans in the year of the Siege of Eger (1552), but was quickly repopulated.

The construction of the railway line between Miskolc and Hatvan began in 1869. In 1872, a railway line connected the settlement with Eger and in 1891 with Debrecen, which thus developed the town into an important railway junction in the region.

The town received city status in 1989.

Population

As 2022 of, 92.3% of the population identified themselves as Hungarian, 3.1% as Roma, 0.4% as German, 0.2% as Ukrainian, 0.1% as Croat, 0.1% as Romanian, 1.6% as other non-domestic nationality (7.6% did not declare; due to double identities, the total may be greater than 100%).

As of 2022 the religion demographics of the town were as followed, 38% were Roman Catholic, 3.1% as Calvinist, 0.4% as Greek Catholic, 0.1% as Evangelical, 0.1% as Orthodox, 1.7% as other Christian, 0.7% as other Catholic, 15.1% as non-denominational (40.6% did not respond).

Notable people

Football player Sándor Bíró was born here on August 9, 1911.
Gellért Belon, auxiliary bishop of Pécs , was born here on September 24, 1911.
Dr. István Gál, a Piarist priest and teacher, was born here on February 8, 1913.
Hungarian Minister of Defense, János Szabó was born here on June 1, 1941 .
Sándor Holczreiter, Olympic bronze medalist and three-time world champion weightlifter, was born here on July 18, 1946.
Singer Zsuzsa Koncz spent her early childhood here.

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References

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