Aranyosapáti is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the

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, was from Aranyosapáti. Aranyosapáti was established in 1950 after the unification of two villages: Kopócsapáti and Révaranyos. Jews lived in both villages until they were murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.Documentation of the Kopócsapáti's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
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Geography

It covers an area of and has a population of 2047 people (2015).

References

Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub