Gyékényes Explained

Official Name:Gyékényes
Other Name:Croatian: Đikeniš / Džikeniš
Settlement Type:Village
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Mapsize:275px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southern Transdanubia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Somogy
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Csurgó
Subdivision Type4:RC Diocese
Subdivision Name4:Kaposvár
Area Total Km2:33.76
Population Total:994[1]
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:gyékényesi
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:8851
Area Code:(+36) 82
Blank4 Name Sec1:NUTS 3 code
Blank4 Info Sec1:HU232
Blank5 Name Sec2:MP
Blank5 Info Sec2:László Szászfalvi (KDNP)
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Gyékényes
Pushpin Mapsize:275px
Coordinates:46.2356°N 17.0006°W

Gyékényes (Croatian: Đikeniš / Džikeniš) is a village in Somogy county, Hungary next to the Croatian border. Its train station serves as an important crossing point into Croatia.

History

Gyékényes and its surroundings were already inhabited in the time of the Roman Empire; an excavation in 1971 found several artifacts from this time period.

The village was first mentioned in written documents in 1380. In this era, possession of the village was shared between several Magyar families. It was then under Turkish rule from 1600 until 1677.

Gyékényes was held by the Zichy family 1835 until 1945.

Population and demographics

In 2017, the population of Gyékényes was 994. In 2011, a census found that 89.9% of its residents were Hungarian, 6.3% were Gypsies, 1.5% German, and 0.4% Croatian. The same census found that 62.4% of residents were Roman Catholic, 13.8% Evangelical, 6.6% non-religious, 2.4% Protestant, and 0.3% Greek Catholic (no data was collected on the remaining 14.2% of residents).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=30960 Gyékényes, KSH