Kaszaper Explained

Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Hungary
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Kaszaper
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Békés
Area Total Km2:33.28
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:1933[1]
Population Density Km2:57.6
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5948
Area Code:68

Kaszaper 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,[2] many of whose members were murdered in the Holocaust[3]

Geography

It covers an area of 33.28 km² and has a population of 1933 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=133&layout=s&query=Kaszaper Hungarian Jewish census
  3. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Kaszaper&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Jews from the village who were murdered in the Holocaust