Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Official Name: | Bekecs |
Mapsize: | 275px |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Area Total Km2: | 25.72 |
Population Total: | 2538 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | 98.67 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 3903 |
Area Code: | 47 |
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]