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Magyarbánhegyes is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Magyar-bánhegyes | |
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| Country | Hungary |
| County | Békés |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.56 km2 (14.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 2,691 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5667 |
| Area code | 68 |
In the 19th century, a small Jewish community lived in the village,[1] many of whose members were murdered in the Holocaust,[2] also the village also has an old Jewish cemetery,[3]
Geography
editIt covers an area of 36.56 km² and has a population of 2691 people (2001).
46°27′N 20°58′E / 46.450°N 20.967°E
This source shows this place as Magyar-Banhegyes, Austria-Hungary as place of invention pg 798 in 1888 [4]
References
edit- ^ Hungarian Jewish census
- ^ Jews from the village who were murdered in the Holocaust
- ^ The Jewish cemetery in Magyarbánhegyes
- ^ Bibliographic information Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office Title Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office Author United States Patent Office Publisher U.S. Patent Office., 1895 Original from the University of Wisconsin – Madison Digitized Jan 9, 2013
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