Piricse
Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
• Total	36.99 km2 (14.28 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	1,871
• Density	50.58/km2 (131.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4375
Area code	42

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

Geography

It covers an area of 36.99 km² (14 sq mi)

Population

Of the town's population of 1,835 people (2001) 94.5% identified themselves as Hungarian and 5.5% as Gypsy.^[1]

Notable people

• Michael Fedics (1851–1938), the great storytellers.
• Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda Aryeh Leib Frenkel^[2](died 1940) - 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.^[3]

47°46′N 22°09′E / 47.767°N 22.150°E / 47.767; 22.150