Kiskőrös
Sign in to saveKiskőrös (, Kishkerish, , ) is a town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Kiskőrös is situated between the Danube and Tisza rivers at around . Sándor Petőfi, the national poet of Hungary, was born here.
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- CET
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- +1
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- +2
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- Hungary
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- Location of Kiskőrös
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- Kiskőrös
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- Town
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- County
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- Bács-Kiskun
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- 102.23
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_total
- 14452
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- 2009
- Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox Settlement >.population_density_km2
- 143.3
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 13106
- Area
- 102.23
- Official website
- kiskoros.hu
- Image
- Kiskoros town hall.jpg
- Dialing code
- 78
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- Commons category
- Kiskőrös
- postal code
- 6200
- P6482
- Kiskőrös
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Kiskőrös (, Kishkerish, , ) is a town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Kiskőrös is situated between the Danube and Tisza rivers at around . Sándor Petőfi, the national poet of Hungary, was born here.
== Geography == Kiskőrös is the sixth biggest city in Bács-Kiskun county by population. It is located in the center of the county, east from the river Danube and south of Budapest. About north of the town lies the nature reserve area (since 1974) of Szücsi Forest as part of the Kiskun National Park. The flora includes close to 300 protected plant species, one of them a special species of orchid, which blossoms here in April. Moreover, there are 98 registered, protected bird species. Many of them are songbirds that coexist with birds of prey like kestrels, sparrow-hawks and hobbies.
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