Méhkerék is a village

Village

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 in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain

Southern Great Plain

Southern Great Plain is a statistical region of Hungary. It is part of Great Plain and North region. Southern Great Plain includes the 3 counties:* Bács-Kiskun* Békés* Csongrád...

 region

Region

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 of south-east Hungary

Hungary

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History

The village was first mentioned in written sources in 1359. The origin of the village's name may be drawn from the original occupation of its inhabitants (méh means "bee

Bee

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" in Hungarian

Hungarian language

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). The population fled the area after the Ottoman conquest. Romanians

Romanians

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 settled in the area during the 18th century, with the first Romanian Orthodox church being built in 1770. The first primary school was opened in 1815.

Geography

Méhkerék covers an area

Area

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 of 25.86 km² and has a population

Population

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of 2323 people (2002). Most of the residents speak Romanian as their mother tongue.