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Bátya

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Country
  
Hungary

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
33.86 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 4:46 PM

County
  
Bács-Kiskun

Postal code
  
6351

Population
  
2,239 (2005)

Area code
  
78

Bátya

Website
  
Weather
  
13°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 47% Humidity

Bátya (Croatian: Baćin or Baćino) is village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary.

Contents

Map of B%C3%A1tya, Hungary

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.

    Famous people

  • Károly László (1815 - 1894), 1848-49 artilleryman.
  • Teri Harangozó (1943 - 2015), singer.
  • Demographics

    Existing ethnicities:

  • Magyars
  • Croats
  • Croats from Bátya came to that area in 16th century from Croatian northeastern region of Slavonia. They speak Štokavian dialect of Croatian language, 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 Raci. In literature they are also called racki Hrvati.

    Bátya Croats' feast is Veliko racko prelo.

    Nearby villages

  • Kalocsa
  • Fajsz
  • Foktő
  • Miske
  • Dusnok
  • References

    Bátya Wikipedia