Bátya

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Bátya
Baćin
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Bátya
Location of Bátya
Coordinates: 46°29′00″N18°57′00″E / 46.4833°N 18.9500°E / 46.4833; 18.9500
Country Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
County Bács-Kiskun
Area
  Total33.86 km2 (13.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total2,239
  Density66.12/km2 (171.3/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6351
Area code 78
Website http://www.batya.hu (Hungarian)

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

Contents

Tourism

Cultural sights

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

Demographics

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Map of Bátya

Existing ethnicities:

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 Raci. In literature they are also called racki Hrvati. [1]

Bátya Croats' feast is Veliko racko prelo. [2]

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References

  1. "Podravina.net" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2022. (182 KB) Sanja Vulić: O govorima Hrvata u Mađarskoj
  2. (in Croatian) Croatica.hu Prela, balovi i pokladne zabave u Bačkoj 2008.