Méhtelek

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

Méhtelek
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
• Total	8.62 km2 (3.33 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	759[1]
• Density	87.9/km2 (228/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4975
Area code	44

Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary

Geography

It covers an area of 8.62 km² (3 sq mi) and has a population of 759 people (2015).^[1]

History

The village was somewhat put on the map after catastrophic floods in the region in the late 1960s. Valuable archaeological finds – possibly going back to 5000 BC – were uncovered during the reconstruction of the settlement.^[2]