Piricse

Piricse is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Geography

It covers an area of

Population

Of the town's population of 1,835 people 94.5% identified themselves as Hungarian and 5.5% as Gypsy.

Notable people

Michael Fedics, the great storytellers.
Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda Aryeh Leib Frenkel - the Town Rabbi
Irene Wild recognized jazz singer. The Budapest Jazz Garden Club 's founder.

Jewish community

Prior to the Holocaust a small Jewish community existed in Piricse.
The Jewish population in 1880 was 171 and declined to 73 by 1930.