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Bekecs

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Bekecs
Official seal of Bekecs
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Location of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in Hungary
Location of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in Hungary
Country Hungary
CountyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Area
 • Total
25.72 km2 (9.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
2,538
 • 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

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