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Egyek

Egyek is a large village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Olympian László Mucza was born here.

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.

Geography

It covers an area of 104.79 km (40 sq mi) and has a population of 5,527 people (2001).

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Egyek is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ "László Mucza". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. ^ Egyek, Hungary at JewishGen

Media related to Egyek at Wikimedia Commons

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