Kisbajom

Kisbajom
Village
Coat of arms
Location of Somogy county in Hungary
Kisbajom Location of Kisbajom
Coordinates: 46°18′16″N17°29′26″E / 46.30455°N 17.49045°E / 46.30455; 17.49045
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Transdanubia
County	Somogy
District	Nagyatád
RC Diocese	Kaposvár
Area
• Total	13.67 km2 (5.28 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	388 [1]
• Density	28.4/km2 (73.5/sq mi)
Demonym	kisbajomi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7542
Area code	(+36) 82
NUTS 3 code	HU232
MP	László Szászfalvi (KDNP)

Kisbajom is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. The village can be found in a forest area at the end of a dead end road.

The name of the village literally translated means My Small Problem (Kis+baj+om). However, like nearby Nagybajom ("My Large Problem"), the name derives from the Árpád-era name Baj or Baján, meaning rich.

History

According to László Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century. ^[2]

Demographics

In 2001 there were 455 inhabitants in Kisbajom. At the end of the nineteenth century (1870) Kisbajom counted 957 people. Slowly the numbers decreased to 891 in 1959 and 563 in 1980. In the beginning of the nineties there were 494 registered inhabitants. 92 of those were registered as ethnic Roma. In 1992 37% of the people were employed, 34% unemployed and 30% child or pensioned. (source: Kisbajom falufelmérés, PMMF urbanisztika szak, 1993)

Since 2010 the municipality, with assistance from European funds, has built a holiday house, camping facilities, a large old style oven, bought bikes and horse carriages. These facilities are all localized around the old clergy house and partially inside a small open air museum, all in the middle of the village. There is also a nature trail for hikers, which starts and finishes here.

External links

• Street map (Hungarian)

References

1. Kisbajom, KSH
2. László Szita : Somogy megyei nemzetiségek településtörténete a XVIII-XIX. században - Somogyi Almanach 52. (Kaposvár, 1993)