Debrecen District

Debrecen is a district in central part of Hajdú-Bihar County. is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the .
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  • Type: district of Hungary (2013-) with 224,000 residents
  • Description: district of Hungary
  • Also known as: “Debrecen (distritu)”, “Debrecen barrutia”, “Debreceni Jaras”, “Debreceni kistérség”, “district de Debrecen”, “micro-région de Debrecen”, and “okres Debrecín”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fonix Arena and St. Anne’s Cathedral.

Stadium
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Főnix Arena,until 2021 Főnix Hall, Főnix Csarnok is a multi-purpose arena in , . The arena holds 8,500 people and opened in 2002. It hosted the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Church
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The St. Anne's Cathedral also called Debrecen Cathedral It is a Catholic religious building that since 1993 works as the cathedral of the Diocese of Debrecen-Nyíregyháza, is located in the city of , .

Church
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The or Great Reformed Church in Debrecen is located in the city of , between Kossuth Square and Kálvin Square. An icon of Protestantism in Hungary, the church has earned the city the nickname "the Calvinist Rome". is situated 3½ km west of Debrecen District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Debrecen.

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is the "capital city of the Great Hungarian Plain", and the county seat and largest city of in eastern . It is the second largest city in the country with over 200,000 inhabitants, and historically the most important city in Hungarian Protestantism.

Debrecen District

Latitude
47.5271° or 47° 31′ 37″ north
Longitude
21.6687° or 21° 40′ 7″ east
Population
224,000
Elevation
119 metres (390 feet)
Open location code
8GV3GMG9+RF
Geo­Names ID
9644292
Wiki­data ID
Q903107
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Debrecen District” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “distritu de Debrecen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Debresen yaraşı”
  • Basque: “Debrecengo barrutia”
  • Belarusian: “Дэбрэцэнскі яраш”
  • Cebuano: “Debreceni Járás”
  • Chinese: “德布勒森区”
  • Czech: “Okres Debrecín”
  • Dutch: “district Debrecen”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Debrecen”
  • Estonian: “Debreceni kreis”
  • French: “Debrecen”
  • French: “District de Debrecen”
  • Galician: “distrito de Debrecen”
  • German: “Kreis Debrecen”
  • Hungarian: “Debreceni járás”
  • Hungarian: “Debreceni Járás”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Debrecen”
  • Korean: “데브레첸구”
  • Lombard: “Distret de Debrecen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Debrecen distrikt”
  • Persian: “ناحیه دبرتسن”
  • Polish: “Powiat Debrecen”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Debrecen”
  • Russian: “Дебреценский яраш”
  • Serbian: “Дебрецен (јараш)”
  • Serbian: “Дебрецен”
  • Slovak: “Debrecínsky okres”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Debrecen”
  • Swedish: “Debrecen”
  • Turkish: “Debrecen”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Csapókert and Sámsoni Kert.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Debrecen railway station and Nagyerdő.

Hajdú-Bihar County: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Debrecen and Balmazújváros.

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