Settlement Type: | Village |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Official Name: | Böhönye |
Mapsize: | 275px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Somogy |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Marcali |
Subdivision Type4: | RC Diocese |
Subdivision Name4: | Kaposvár |
Area Total Km2: | 64.17 |
Population Total: | 2230[1] |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | böhönyei |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8719 |
Area Code: | (+36) 85 |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | NUTS 3 code |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | HU232 |
Blank5 Name Sec2: | MP |
Blank5 Info Sec2: | József Attila Móring (KDNP) |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Böhönye |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 275px |
Coordinates: | 46.4119°N 17.3929°W |
Böhönye is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.
The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.[2]
Its name derives from the given name Buhun which got an -é suffix which meant, in the form Buhuné, that the village belonged to him.[3]
Böhönye is a settlement dating from at least 1536, when it was first seen in historical records http://bohonye.marcalikisterseg.hu:7778/portal/page?_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&_pageid=634%2C436278&kategoria=06&cikkid=3131&mode=reszletes.
During World War II, Böhönye was captured by Soviet troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front on 30 March 1945 in the course of the Vienna Offensive.