Egyek
Large village in Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary
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Coat of arms
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Egyek is a large village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Olympian László Mucza was born here.[1]
Before World War II, there was a Jewish community. At its height, there were 123 Jews in the community most of them were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.[2]
Geography
It covers an area of 104.79 km2 (40 sq mi) and has a population of 5527 people (2001).
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Egyek is twinned with:
Radzyń Podlaski, Poland
References
External links
Media related to Egyek at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site in Hungarian
47°38′N 20°54′E / 47.633°N 20.900°E / 47.633; 20.900
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