Bekecs

Place in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
Official seal of Bekecs
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Country HungaryCountyBorsod-Abaúj-ZemplénArea
 • Total25.72 km2 (9.93 sq mi)Population
 (2004)
 • Total2,538 • Density98.67/km2 (255.6/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
3903
Area code47

Bekecs is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1880 109 Jews lived in the village,[1] most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust.[2] The community had a Jewish cemetery.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hungarian Jewish census
  2. ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
  3. ^ Location of the Jewish cemetery in the village

External links

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