Mende, Hungary is a village in Pest County, Hungary.
Mende | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Mende Location of Mende in Hungary | |
| Coordinates: 47°25′46″N 19°27′27″E / 47.42936°N 19.45760°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Central Hungary |
| County | Pest |
| Subregion | Nagykáta |
| Rank | Village |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.17 km2 (10.49 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2235 |
| Area code | +36 29 |
| Website | www.mende.hu |
Population
editThe small city of Mende has a population of 4,149 population living in 152.7 /km² (395.5 /sq mi).
Mende Railway Disaster (1968)
editLocated 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
editMende has an Oceanic climate, with a Köppen climate classification of Cfb.
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b Mende at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
Bibliography
edit- 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
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