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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 |
Magyarbánhegyes is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
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]
It 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]