Aranyosapáti

Aranyosapáti
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CountryHungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 • Total
21.36 km2 (8.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
2,047
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4634
Area code45
Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary

Aranyosapáti is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. János J. Pataki, the paternal grandfather of former governor of the State of New York, George Pataki, was from Aranyosapáti.

Aranyosapáti was established in 1950 after the unification of two villages: Kopócsapáti and Révaranyos. Jews lived in both villages[2][3] until they were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.[4][5]

Geography

It covers an area of 21.36 km2 (8 sq mi) and has a population of 2047 people (2015).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 3 September 2015
  2. ^ Census of Hungarian Jews, 1993
  3. ^ Census of Hungarian Jews, 1993
  4. ^ Documentation of the Révaranyos's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
  5. ^ Documentation of the Kopócsapáti's Jews murdered in the Holocaust

48°12′N 22°16′E / 48.200°N 22.267°E / 48.200; 22.267


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