Adács

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Adács
Village (község)
Coat of arms of Adács
Location of Heves County in Hungary
Location of Heves County in Hungary
Adács is located in Hungary
Adács
Adács
Location of Adács in Hungary
Adács is located in Heves County
Adács
Adács
Location of Adács in Heves
Coordinates: 47°41′28″N 19°58′29″E / 47.69111°N 19.97472°E / 47.69111; 19.97472
Country Hungary
RegionNorthern Hungary
CountyHeves County
SubregionGyöngyös District
First mentioned1323
Government
 • MayorLászló Ócsai
Area
 • Total37.94 km2 (14.65 sq mi)
Population
 (1 Jan. 2015)
 • Total2,642
 • Density68.58/km2 (177.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
3292
Area code37
Websitehttp://www.adacs.hu/

Adács is a village in Heves County, Northern Hungary Region, Hungary.

Its name comes from the old Hungarian personal name Ada, with the -cs suffix. The personal name may have its root in the ad verb, meaning "give". It was recorded as Ada in 1292.[1]

The area was inhabited intermittently according to archaeological evidence as early as the Late Bronze Age.

Jews lived in Adács in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1944, most of the village's Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.
  2. ^ Jewish censuses in Hungary