Füzesgyarmat

Füzesgyarmat is a town in Békés county, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.

Geography
It covers an area of 127.41 km² and has a population of 5804 people (2010).

Name of the settlement
The settlement was know under different names in the course of history. It is referred to as Gormoth in 1219, and in 1321 the name was changed to Gyarmath, in 1479 it was known as being formed by two different settlements Nagh-Gyarmat and Kys-Gyarmat. In 1564 the ortography was changed to Giarmat. On January 1, 1776, empress Maria Theresia von Habsburg changed to name to Füzesgyarmat to distinguish it from other villages having the same name