Ajak (Hungary)

Ajak
Flag of Ajak
Coat of arms of Ajak
Ajak is located in Hungary
Ajak
Ajak
Coordinates: 48°11′N 22°02′E / 48.183°N 22.033°E / 48.183; 22.033
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 • Total
24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total
3,730
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4524
Area code45

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

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in the village.[3] In 1910, 83 Jews lived in the village. Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.[4]

  1. ^ "Helységnévkönyv adattár". Retrieved 25 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
  3. ^ Hungarian Jewish census
  4. ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust