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Country
  
Hungary

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
36.99 km²

Population
  
1,871 (2001)

County
  
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

Postal code
  
4375

Local time
  
Monday 3:46 PM

Area code
  
42

Piricse

Weather
  
13°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 63% Humidity

Piricse


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

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Map of Piricse, 4375 Hungary

Piricse


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.

Notable people

  • Michael Fedics (1851–1938), the great storytellers.
  • Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda Aryeh Leib Frenkel (died 1940) - the Town Rabbi
  • Irene Wild recognized jazz singer. The Budapest Jazz Garden Club 's founder.

    • 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.

    • References

    Piricse Wikipedia
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