Piricse

Piricse is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Piricse
Coat of arms
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
  Total36.99 km2 (14.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
  Total1,871
  Density50.58/km2 (131.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4375
Area code(s)42
Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary

Geography

It covers an area of 36.99 km2 (14 sq mi)

Population

Of the town's population of 1,835 people (2001) 94.5% identified themselves as Hungarian and 5.5% as Gypsy.[1]

Notable people

Jewish community

  • Prior to the Holocaust a small Jewish community existed in Piricse.
  • The Jewish population in 1880 was 171 and declined to 73 by 1930.[3]


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