Egerfarmos is a village in Heves County, Hungary.[1]
Egerfarmos | |
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Village (község) | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Heves County in Hungary | |
  Egerfarmos | |
| Coordinates: 47°43′08″N 20°32′10″E / 47.71889°N 20.53611°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| Region | Northern Hungary |
| County | Heves County |
| District | Füzesabony District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Petrik László (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.8 km2 (9.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 680 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3379 |
| Area code | 36 |
| Website | http://gerfarmos.hu/ |
The area is inhabited from the 13th century, the village itself is first mentioned in documents from 1261 and since then it has been inhabited intermittently.
Jews lived in the village in the 18th and 19th centuries. Beginning in 1885, the village's Jews were subordinate to the Mazkabesh community. In 1944, many Jews from the village were murdered in the Holocaust. [2]
References
edit- ^ "Central Statistical Office". KSH. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust on the Yad Vashem website
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