Jánosháza

Jánosháza

Coat of arms
Jánosháza
Location of Jánosháza in Hungary
Coordinates: 47°07′20″N 17°09′51″E / 47.12219°N 17.16408°E / 47.12219; 17.16408
Country Hungary
Region Western Transdanubia
County Vas
Subregion Celldömölki
Rank Town
Area[1]
  Total 23.41 km2 (9.04 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2008)[2]
  Total 2,572
  Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 9545
Area code +36 95
KSH code 11679[3]
Website www.janoshaza.hu

Jánosháza is a town in Vas county, Hungary.

Notable people

  • Mavro Sachs - Croatian physician, first lecturer of the University of Zagreb and founder of forensic medicine in Croatia
  • Rabbi Mnachem Samuel - leader and rabbi of this village; killed by the Nazis in 1944

References

Coordinates: 47°07′20″N 17°09′51″E / 47.12219°N 17.16408°E / 47.12219; 17.16408

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