Magyardombegyház Explained

Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Hungary
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Official Name:	Magyardombegyház
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Békés
Area Total Km2:	7.64
Population As Of:	2015
Population Total:	309^[1]
Population Density Km2:	31
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	5838
Area Code:	68

Magyardombegyház 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 7.64 km² and has a population of 237 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=Magyardombegyház Hungarian Jewish census
3. 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