Our Town - JÁSZFÉNYSZARU

Jászfényszaru takes place in the jaszygen area , in the north-westen part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in the North-Plain region . 3 regions meet here : The Central , the North-Hungary and the North-Plain region.

Our settlement is bordering on 5 areas:
-the Jászság
-Gödöllő and its area
-Hatvan and its area
-Nagykáta and its area
-Aszód and its area

The neighbouring settlements are:
-northward : Hatvan from Heves county
-westward :Boldog and Csány from Heves county
-eastward : Pusztamonostor from Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county
-south-eastward : Szentlőrinckáta from Pest county
-southward : Zsámbok and Tóalmás from Pest county

The settlement belongs to Jászberény’s region (Land Registry , Court , Technical Authorities). The supply for the secundary education is divided among Jászberény , Hatvan and Gödöllő because of the geographical position.

The higher education is ensured by the capital city , the county town and the centre of the area.The industry park of the town (12,6 hectares) is operated by the local council’s Ltd. , the Industrial Centre Ltd. , whose participants are : the Samsung Electronics Hungarian PLC. , the Jászfény Ltd. , Mezei and his partnaer Ltd. , the Hirsch Porozell Ltd. .The Industry Park provides place and service for the further entreprises.

The town lies by the mouth of two rivers : Zagyva and Galga. The most important natural endownment of it is the agricultural land the hot-water winning possibility , which is unexploited yet. The territory is a temperate warm , dry , plain,and it is earthed up by rivers. . The dominant type of the soil is the humic gley soil , where the silviculture also appeared next to the agriculture on plough-land. The quickly warming soil is favourable for the intensive horticulture. The vegetable growing is also significant by us , and its purpose is the production for the market. (horticulture on plough-land and in polythene greenhouse)
The down-town of the settlement is 380 hectares and the outskirts is 7235 hectares.
The population of Jászfényszaru is now (July 2006) 5916 people.
Considering the social composition , earlier the people worked mainly in the agricultural sector , but now the industrial sector and the service industry are more important. The town endeavours to keep its attraction with drawing town view , industrial improvements , country and service developments and with helping politics for the settling young people.
Jászfényszaru has excellent logistical conditions : from this region Jászfényszaru is the nearest town to the capital city (60 kms). Hatvan lies 14 kilometers from here , Jászberény is 17 kilometers from Jászfényszaru. They are available on Road 32. The renovation of Road 3106 can make our connection to Pest county stronger. The Hatvan_Szolnok railway line passes through the settlement’s administrative territory.