Bácsbokod

Bácsbokod
Bikić, Wikitsch
Large village
Coat of arms of Bácsbokod
Coat of arms
Bácsbokod is located in Hungary
Bácsbokod
Bácsbokod
Location of Bácsbokod in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°07′19″N 19°09′32″E / 46.1219°N 19.1589°E / 46.1219; 19.1589
CountryHungary
CountyBács-Kiskun
DistrictBácsalmás
Area
 • Total
63.93 km2 (24.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
2,567
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6453
Area code(+36) 79

Bácsbokod (Croatian: Bikić; German: Wikitsch) is a large village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. The Danube River (River Duna) flows 20 kilometers to the west of the village.[1]

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in Bácsbokod.[2] In 1910, 29 Jews lived in Bácsbokod, Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.[3]

Geography

It covers an area of 63.93 km2 (25 sq mi) and has a population of about 3101 people.[1]

Demography

Existing ethnicities:

References

  1. ^ a b "Bácsbokod" Archived 2017-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. National and historical symbols of Hungary (An official site of the Hungarian Government). Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. ^ Hungarian Jewish census
  3. ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust

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