Aranyosapáti Explained

Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Hungary
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Official Name:	Aranyosapáti
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area Total Km2:	21.36
Population As Of:	2015
Population Total:	2047
Population Density Km2:	97.1^[1]
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	4634
Area Code:	45

Aranyosapáti is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. János J. Pataki, the paternal grandfather of former governor of the State of New York, George Pataki, was from Aranyosapáti.

Aranyosapáti was established in 1950 after the unification of two villages: Kopócsapáti and Révaranyos.Jews lived in both villages^{[2] [3]} until they were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.^{[4] [5]}

Geography

It covers an area of 21.360NaN0 and has a population of 2047 people (2015).^[1]

Notes and References

1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
2. https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_nemzetisegi_Zsido_1840-1941/?pg=257&layout=s&query=%20R%C3%A9varanyos Census of Hungarian Jews, 1993
3. https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_nemzetisegi_Zsido_1840-1941/?pg=257&layout=s&query=%20Kop%C3%B3csap%C3%A1ti Census of Hungarian Jews, 1993
4. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Revaranyos&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Documentation of the Révaranyos's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
5. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Kopocsapati&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Documentation of the Kopócsapáti's Jews murdered in the Holocaust