Beregdaróc is a

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in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain

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of eastern

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. Jews lived in Beregdaróc for many years until they were murdered in the

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Geography

It covers an

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of and has a

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of 855 people (2001). This village is the Eastern entry point for Hungarian imports of natural gas shipped via

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. 27m cubic metres per day is imported for Hungarian domestic consumption, and an additional 18 m cubic metres per day is imported for transhipment to Serbia and Bosnia/Herzogovina. 82% is from Russian sources, and 18% from Turkmenistan sources, according to the Hungarian Energy Office. This village is currently witnessing ground clearance for the M3 motorway border crossing between Hungary and Ukraine. This is at kilometre 307 from Budapest.

References

Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust {{Szabolcs-geo-stub