Jump to content

Bácsbokod

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bácsbokod
Bikić, Wikitsch
Large village
Coat of arms of Bácsbokod
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
 • Total63.93 km2 (24.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total2,567
 • 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

[edit]

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

Demography

[edit]

Existing ethnicities:

References

[edit]
  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
[edit]

Media related to Bácsbokod at Wikimedia Commons