Bekecs

Bekecs
Location of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in Hungary
Country Hungary
CountyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Area
  Total
25.72 km2 (9.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
  Total
2,538
  Density98.67/km2 (255.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
3903
Area code47

Bekecs is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1880 109 Jews lived in the village, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust. The community had a Jewish cemetery.