Nagyecsed

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Nagyecsed
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Nagyecsed
Coordinates: 47°52′N 22°24′E / 47.867°N 22.400°E / 47.867; 22.400
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
• Total	43.87 km2 (16.94 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	6,706
• Density	156.55/km2 (405.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4355
Area code	44

Nagyecsed is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

The old name of the town was Ecsed but over time it has been renamed Nagyecsed, meaning "grand" or "great Ecsed" to distinguish it. The area had close associations with a cadet branch of the Báthory family. Elizabeth Báthory was raised in the town's now ruined castle. Her main residence and later her prison was Csejte Castle, Upper Hungary, now in Slovakia, but she was buried in the family crypt at Ecsed.

The town's castle was demolished in the eighteenth century after the Kuruc uprisings.