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Battonya is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Residents are Magyars, with minority of Serbs.GeographyIt covers an area of 145.77 km² and has a population of 5960 people (2015).HistoryAfter the Ottoman occupation until 1918, BATTONYA was part of the Austrian monarchy, province of Hungary; in Transleithania after the compromise of 1867 in the Kingdom of Hungary.Twin towns – sister citiesBattonya is twinned with: Pecica, Romania (1996) Beočin, Serbia (1997) Lipova, Romania (1997)