Gelénes

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Gelénes
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 • Total20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total611
 • Density29.73/km2 (77.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4935
Area code(s)45
Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary

Gelénes is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.[1]

Jews lived in Gelénes for many years[2] and they had a Jewish cemetery that was apparently moved.[3] In 1944 they were murdered in the Holocaust[4]

Geography[]

It covers an area of 20.55 km2 (8 sq mi) and has a population of 611 people (2001).[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ "Gelenes Map". maplandia.com. Retrieved July 8, 2012.
  2. ^ Hungarian Jewish census
  3. ^ The location was the Jewish cemetery in the village
  4. ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust

Coordinates: 48°12′N 22°27′E / 48.200°N 22.450°E / 48.200; 22.450


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