Olcsva Explained

Subdivision Type:Country
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Olcsva
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area Total Km2:9.96
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:695[1]
Population Density Km2:69.8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:4826
Area Code:45

Olcsva is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Jews lived in Olcsva for many years[2] until they were murdered in the Holocaust.[3] Apparently there was a Jewish cemetery in the village.[4]

Geography

It covers an area of 9.960NaN0 and has a population of 695 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=265&layout=s&query=Olcsva Hungarian Jewish census
  3. https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Olcsva&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
  4. http://www.izraelitatemetok.hu/index.php/olcsva/ The Jewish cemetery in Olcsva