Recsk
Recsk is a large village in Heves County, Hungary, under the Mátra mountain range, beside of the Parádi-Tarna creek. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 2497.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Recsk-Parádfürdő railway station and Parádfürdő State Hospital.
Parádfürdő State Hospital
Hospital
Photo: HírvivőKata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parádfürdő State Hospital is situated 4 km west of Recsk.
Penal Labour Camp Monument
Memorial
Photo: Both Előd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Recsk forced labor camp was a forced labor camp in the communist era in Hungary operated by the State Protection Authority between October 1950 and the fall of 1953, near the quarry of the Csákány-kő hill, next to the village of Recsk in Heves county. Penal Labour Camp Monument is situated 3½ km south of Recsk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pétervására.
Pétervására
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Pétervására is a town of 2,000 people, and a district in the Tarna Valley in Heves County.
Recsk
- Type: Village with 2,440 residents
- Description: village in Hungary
- Categories: municipality of Hungary and locality
- Location: Heves County, Northern Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.93569° or 47° 56′ 9″ northLongitude
20.11035° or 20° 6′ 37″ eastPopulation
2,440Elevation
171 metres (561 feet)Open location code
8GV2W4P6+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 738424065OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
716151Wikidata ID
Q582533
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Recsk” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Recsk”
- Cebuano: “Recsk”
- Chinese: “Recsk”
- Chinese: “賴奇克”
- Chinese: “赖奇克”
- Croatian: “Rečka”
- Dutch: “Recsk”
- Esperanto: “Recsk”
- French: “Recsk”
- Hebrew: “רצ’ק”
- Hungarian: “Recsk”
- Irish: “Recsk”
- Italian: “Recsk”
- Lombard: “Recsk”
- Malay: “Recsk”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Recsk”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Recsk”
- Portuguese: “Recsk”
- Romanian: “Recsk, Heves”
- Romanian: “Recsk”
- Russian: “Речк”
- Serbian: “Речк”
- Slovak: “Recsk”
- Slovenian: “Recsk”
- Spanish: “Recsk”
- Swedish: “Recsk”
- Turkish: “Recsk”
- Vietnamese: “Recsk”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Háromhányás and Lángos-lakótelep.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Polgármesteri Hivatal and E-Magyarország pont.
Heves County: Must-Visit Destinations
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