Nagyvarsány
Nagyvarsány is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
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| Country | Hungary |
| County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.54 km2 (4.84 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 1,454[1] |
| • Density | 115.9/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4812 |
| Area code | 45 |
Jews lived in Nagyvarsány for many years[2] until they were murdered in the Holocaust.[3] There is still a Jewish cemetery in the village.[4]
Geography
It covers an area of 12.54 km2 (5 sq mi) and has a population of 1,454 people (2015).[1]
References
- Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 03/09/2015
- Hungarian Jewish census
- Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
- The Jewish cemetery in Nagyvarsány
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