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Túrkeve is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of Hungary.GeographyIt covers an area of 236.52km2.DemographicsAccording to the 2011 census, the total population of Túrkeve was 9,008, of whom there were 87.8% Hungarians and 2.4% Romani by ethnicity. 12.2% did not declare their ethnicity, excluding these people Hungarians made up 100% of the total population. In Hungary people can declare more than one ethnicity, so some people declared a minority one along with Hungarian.Túrkeve is one of the least religious town in Hungary, 56.7% of the population was irreligious, while 17.9% was Hungarian Reformed (Calvinist) and 4.4% Roman Catholic.TravelThere used to be a railway (link to the Hungarian Wikipedia page) connecting Mezőtúr and Túrkeve, owned by MÁV. However, due to low ridership, this was closed in the 1960s, and the track was removed thereafter. With the closure of the only rail line between Túrkeve and any other city, the other form of transport is through road, including a daily bus service.Notable people from TúrkeveAlexander Finta (1881-1958), Hungarian-American artistAlexander Korda (1893-1956), Hungarian-British film producerZoltan Korda (1895-1961), Hungarian-American film directorVincent Korda (1897-1979), Hungarian-British art director