Magyarbánhegyes Explained

Official Name:	Magyar-bánhegyes
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Hungary
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Békés
Area Total Km2:	36.56
Population Total:	2691
Population As Of:	2002
Population Density Km2:	74
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	5667
Area Code:	68
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+0
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+1

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]

Geography

It covers an area of 36.56 km² and has a population of 2691 people (2001).

This source shows this place as Magyar-Banhegyes, Austria-Hungary as place of invention pg 798 in 1888^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_nemzetisegi_Zsido_1840-1941/?pg=133&layout=s&query=Magyarbánhegyes Hungarian Jewish census
2. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Magyarbanhegyes&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Jews from the village who were murdered in the Holocaust
3. http://www.izraelitatemetok.hu/index.php/magyarbanhegyes/ The Jewish cemetery in Magyarbánhegyes
4. Bibliographic informationOfficial Gazette of the United States Patent OfficeTitle Official Gazette of the United States Patent OfficeAuthor United States Patent OfficePublisher U.S. Patent Office., 1895Original from the University of Wisconsin – MadisonDigitized Jan 9, 2013