Official Name: | Máriakéménd |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Hungary. |
Coordinates: | 46.0252°N 18.4629°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Baranya |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Bóly |
Area Total Km2: | 15.78 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 503 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 7663 |
Area Code: | 69 |
Geocode: | 14483 |
Government Type: | Mayor-council government |
Government Footnotes: | [2] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Party: | Independent |
Leader Name: | Csabáné Jeszán |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Other Name: | Mariakemend |
Máriakéménd (German: Mariakemend or German: Kemend; Croatian: Kemed) is a village and municipality (Hungarian: község) in Baranya County, Hungary.
Until the end of World War II, the inhabitants' majority was Danube Swabian, whose ancestors arrived from Stift Fulda (district) and named in the Danube Swabian dialect, Stiffuller. Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Germany and Austria in 1945-1948, following the Potsdam Agreement.[3]
Máriakéménd is located in east central Baranya County, about 30 kilometers east of Pécs and 10 kilometers north of Bóly. It is about 20 kilometers west of the Danube, 25 kilometers from Croatia and 50 kilometers from Serbia. The municipality lies within the Southern Transdanubia Region of Hungary. It previously was part of the Mohács Subregion but during the creation of districts in 2013, it became part of Bóly District.
During the census of 2011, the population was 502. The vast majority of the population claimed Hungarian ethnicity (95%), though 15.9% also claimed German and 7% claimed Roma ethnicity and the municipality has a German local minority self-government and Roma local minority self-government. 4.8% did not wish to answer. In terms of religious practice, 60.7% reported to be Roman Catholic, 5.4% Calvinist, 3.3% Lutheran, 17.8% of no religious affiliation and 12% did not wish to answer.[4]
The closest railway station is in Pécs, 28 kilometers to the east. The village lies near the junction of motorways M6 and M60, both of which opened in the area in 2010 and currently provide links north to Budapest and west to Pécs, and will eventually provide links to the Croatian border at Ivándárda and Barcs.