Magyarbánhegyes is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Magyar-bánhegyes | |
|---|---|
| Country | Hungary |
| County | Békés |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.56 km2 (14.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 2,691 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5667 |
| Area code | 68 |
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).
46°27′N 20°58′E / 46.450°N 20.967°E
This source shows this place as Magyar-Banhegyes, Austria-Hungary as place of invention pg 798 in 1888[4]