Gyula, Hungary
Gyula | |
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Gyula Castle | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Gyula Gyula | |
| Coordinates: 46°39′N 21°17′E / 46.650°N 21.283°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| County | Békés |
| District | Gyula |
| Area | |
• Total | 255.8 km2 (98.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 30,004 |
| • Density | 117.3/km2 (303.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | gyulai |
| Population by ethnicity | |
| • Hungarians | 83.4% |
| • Romanians | 3.1% |
| • Germans | 3.1% |
| • Romani | 0.3% |
| • Slovaks | 0.3% |
| • Others | 0.8% |
| Population by religion | |
| • Roman Catholic | 18.4% |
| • Greek Catholic | 0.4% |
| • Calvinists | 17.9% |
| • Lutherans | 1.6% |
| • Other | 4.5% |
| • Non-religious | 28.2% |
| • Unknown | 29.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5700, 5711 |
| Area code | (+36) 66 |
| Website | gyula |
Gyula (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟulɒ] ⓘ; German: Jula; Romanian: Jula or Giula) is a town in Békés County, Hungary.
The town is best known for its medieval castle and a thermal bath. Ferenc Erkel, the composer of the Hungarian national anthem, and Albrecht Dürer the Elder, the father of Albrecht Dürer, were also born in Gyula, as was the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate László Krasznahorkai.