Bátya
Bátya | |
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![]() ![]() Bátya Location of Bátya | |
Coordinates: 46°29′00″N 18°57′00″E / 46.4833°N 18.9500°ECoordinates: 46°29′00″N 18°57′00″E / 46.4833°N 18.9500°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Bács-Kiskun |
Area | |
• Total | 33.86 km2 (13.07 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 2,239 |
• Density | 66.12/km2 (171.3/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 6351 |
Area code(s) | 78 |
Website | http://www.batya.hu (Hungarian) |
Bátya (Croatian: Baćin or Baćino) is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary.
Tourism[]
Cultural sights[]
- Church
- World War II monument
- Holy Trinity
- Calvaria
Other structures[]
Southwest of Bátya, there is the tallest electricity pylon of Hungary ( height: 138 metres). It is part of Danube crossing from the 400 kV-line Paks - Sandorfalva.
Notable people[]
- Teri Harangozó (1943 - 2015), singer
Demographics[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/Map_batya.jpg/220px-Map_batya.jpg)
Existing ethnicities:
Magyars
Croats
Croats from Bátya came to that area in 16th century from Croatian northeastern region of Slavonia. They speak the Štokavian dialect of Croatian, a Slavonian subdialect (Old-Shtokavian with non-reflected yat pronunciation). Similar dialectal features are seen today among population of Gradište near Županja and around Našice.
These Croats belong to special group of Danubian Croats: they call themselves as . In literature they are also called racki Hrvati.[1]
Bátya Croats' feast is Veliko racko prelo.[2]
Nearby villages[]
References[]
- ^ "Podravina.net" (PDF) (in Hungarian).[permanent dead link] (182 KB) : O govorima Hrvata u Mađarskoj
- ^ (in Croatian) Croatica.hu Prela, balovi i pokladne zabave u Bačkoj 2008.
External links[]
- Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County
- Bács-Kiskun County geography stubs