Mende, Hungary

Mende
Coat of arms of Mende
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Mende is located in Hungary
Mende
Mende
Location of Mende in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°25′46″N 19°27′27″E / 47.42936°N 19.45760°E / 47.42936; 19.45760
CountryHungary
RegionCentral Hungary
CountyPest
SubregionNagykáta
RankVillage
Area
[1]
 • Total
27.17 km2 (10.49 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
2235
Area code+36 29
Websitewww.mende.hu

Mende, Hungary is a village in Pest County, Hungary.

Population

The small city of Mende has a population of 4,149 population living in 152.7 /km² (395.5 /sq mi).

Mende Railway Disaster (1968)

Located on railway track from Budapest to Békéscsaba, Mende is known for the second worst railway accident in post-war Hungary. On December 22, 1968, a passenger train from Budapest Eastern Station to Szolnok collided with a freight train from Szolnok. 43 people were killed, most of them were women and children in the first two waggons. The passenger train rolled on the wrong, "left" track because his own was freshly re-opened after repair and a railway officer had forgotten that.

Climate

Mende has an Oceanic climate, with a Köppen climate classification of Cfb.

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Mende at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).

Bibliography

  • Preuss, Erich. Kursbuch des Schreckens: Eisenbahnunfälle der 80er und 90er Jahre. Stuttgart: Verlag. ISBN 9783613710931.

47°25′N 19°27′E / 47.417°N 19.450°E / 47.417; 19.450



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