Újkenéz is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the
Northern Great Plain
The Northern Great Plain ( ) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Be ...
region
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of eastern
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
.
Geography
It covers an area of and has a population of 1075 people (2001).
History
The name of the settlement is first mentioned in the charter in 1435 as a settlement between Apáti and Őrmező called Kenes.
In 1419, Cserepes-Kenéz was owned by the
Báthor family.
In 1450 the Gyulaházy family owned land here, in 1471 the Kapolcsi family, and in 1480 the Bacskay family.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the family of Bakó Eördögh, Izsák Király and Katona were the owners.
In 1888, the flood of the Tisza ruined most of the village, so the inhabitants of the endangered places had to be relocated to a higher location.
Economy
References
Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
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