Bolhás

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Bolhás
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Chapel of Bolhás
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Location of Somogy county in Hungary
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Bolhás
Location of Bolhás
Coordinates: 46°16′11″N17°16′12″E / 46.26974°N 17.27011°E / 46.26974; 17.27011
Country Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Region Southern Transdanubia
County Somogy
District Nagyatád
RC Diocese Kaposvár
Area
  Total31.43 km2 (12.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
  Total418 [1]
Demonym bolhási
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7517
Area code (+36) 82
NUTS 3 code HU232
MP László Szászfalvi (KDNP)

Bolhás is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.

Etymology

Its name derives from the Hungarian word bolha (English: flea). According to the legends the village belonged to a knight who was called Bolha. [2]

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Culture

The Hungarian folk songs Megismerni a kanászt and Volt nekem egy kecském were collected in 1922 in Bolhás by Zoltán Kodály.

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