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Fony, Hungary

Coordinates: 48°23′29.19″N 21°17′0.2″E / 48.3914417°N 21.283389°E / 48.3914417; 21.283389
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Fony
Village
Official seal of Fony
Fony is located in Hungary
Fony
Fony
Coordinates: 48°23′29.19″N 21°17′0.2″E / 48.3914417°N 21.283389°E / 48.3914417; 21.283389
Country Hungary
RegionsNorthern Hungary
CountyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Area
 • Total40.55 km2 (15.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total374
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Fony is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. As of 2008, the village had a population of 374.[1]

Until the holocaust of the Hungarian Jews, a Jewish community lived in Fony and there was a synagogue there.[2][3]

Geography

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Fony is situated on the west side of the Zemplén Mountains. It has road connections with Vilmány, Korlát, Regéc and Mogyoróska.

References

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  1. ^ KSH (in Hungarian)
  2. ^ "galériák - Zsinagógák a történelmi Magyarországon". magyarzsido.hu. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  3. ^ "A zsidó népesseg száma településenként 1840–1941 (1993) | Könyvtár | Hungaricana". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved 2024-06-25.