Nagykőrös
# Nagykőrös

Nagykőrös is a town in Pest County, Hungary.

János Arany taught there from about 1851, and a local museum is named for him.

## Notable people

* Szabolcs Czira (b. 1951), politician
* Frigyes Hegedűs (1920–2008), pentathlete
* István Kecskés (b. 1980), boxer
* Mór Réthy (1846–1925), mathematician
* János Zatykó (b. 1948), agrarian engineer and politician

## Twin towns — sister cities

Nagykőrös is twinned with:

* Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, Italy
* Espelkamp, Germany
* Haaksbergen, Netherlands
* Reghin, Romania
* Salonta, Romania
