| Official Name: | Balatonszabadi |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Somogy |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Siófok |
| Subdivision Type4: | RC Diocese |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kaposvár |
| Area Total Km2: | 41.34 |
| Population Total: | 2952[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | szabadi, balatonszabadi |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 8651 |
| Area Code: | (+36) 84 |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Balatonszabadi |
| Coordinates: | 46.893°N 18.1366°W |
| Blank Name: | Motorways |
| Blank Info: | M7 |
| Blank2 Name: | Distance from Budapest |
| Blank2 Info: | 103km (64miles) Northeast |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | NUTS 3 code |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | HU232 |
| Blank5 Name Sec2: | MP |
| Blank5 Info Sec2: | Mihály Witzmann (Fidesz) |
Balatonszabadi is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.
East of Balatonszabadi, there is a mediumwave broadcasting facility with a 145 metres tall guyed mast radiator used for Magyar Katolikus Rádió on 1341 kHz with 150 kW. The mast carries an FM-broadcasting antenna at a height of 56 metres.
The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.[2]
Balatonszabadi lies on the shores of Sió in the northeastern part of Somogy County, 6 km far from Siófok, the seat of Siófok District. It can be reached by turning to the south in Aranypart (English: Golden Shore, part of Siófok) on the other side of M7 Motorway. The village is part of the Balatonboglár Wine Region.[3]
The majority of the population of Balatonszabadi is Hungarian (87.1%). Significant minorities are Germans (1.5%) and Gypsies (1.4%). The population is Catholic (Roman Catholic (54.7%) and Greek Catholic (0.2%)). There is also a remarkable Calvinist (11.6%) and Lutheran (1.5%) minority. 9.5% of the population belongs to no churches.[4]
The village is home to the first public statue of Lajos Kossuth in Hungary. The first sculpture was made by Béla Gerenday and was erected on 26 June 1894 on the Kossuth square, the main square of the village. But in the World War II it got seriously damaged, therefore on the centenary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, in 1948 a new monument of Lajos Kossuth was erected which is a replica of the original one.[5] [6]