title: Füzesgyarmat
text: # Füzesgyarmat
  
  Füzesgyarmat is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
  
  ## History
  
  ### The jewish community
  
  A Jewish community lived in the village from the beginning of the 19th century until it was destroyed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. In 1880 there were 171 Jews in the place and by 1930 already 230 lived there. A synagogue was built in 1929 and it exists to this day and serves as a school.
  
  ## Geography
  
  It covers an area of 127.41 $km^2$ and has a population of 5774 people (2014).
  
  ## Sport
  
  * Füzesgyarmati SK, association football club
  
  ## Twin towns – sister cities
  
  Füzesgyarmat is twinned with:
  
  * Ojdula, Romania
  * Zimandu Nou, Romania
  