Kiskunfélegyháza is located in the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain, 130 kilometres (81 mi) southeast from Budapest.

[1] The surrounding country is covered with vineyards, fruit gardens, and tobacco and corn fields.

[2] Félegyháza means "half church" in Hungarian, while prefix Kiskun refers to the region Kiskunság ("Little Cumania").

King Béla IV invited Cuman settlers,[4] who also adopted Christianity, farming lifestyle and the Hungarian language.

[4] Queen Maria Theresa moved the courts and prisons for the Kiskun district to Kiskunfélegyháza in 1753 and granted town privileges also in 1774.