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.
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.
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).