| Official Name: | Mekényes |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Hungary Baranya#Hungary |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Baranya County |
| Coordinates: | 46.3892°N 18.3492°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Baranya |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hegyhát |
| Government Type: | Mayor-council |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Róbert Schild |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 17.77 |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 262 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 7344 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 72 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | NUTS 3 |
| Blank Info Sec1: | HU231 |
| Blank2 Name: | HCSO |
| Blank2 Info: | 30492 |
| Website: | www.mekenyes.hu |
| Leader Party: | Independent |
Mekényes is a village in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 289.[4]
The village is located at 46° 23′ 21″ N, 18° 20′ 57″ E. Its area is 17.77km2. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region, and administratively it falls under Baranya County and Hegyhát District. It lies 8.8km (05.5miles) northeast of the town of Mágocs and 36km (22miles) north of Pécs.[5]
As of the census of 2011, there were 289 residents, 121 households, and 82 families living in the village. The population density was 42/mi2. There were 143 dwellings at an average density of 21/mi2. The average household size was 2.36. The average number of children was 0.85. The average family size was 2.82.
Religious affiliation was 43.2% Roman Catholic, 12.6% Lutheran, 5.6% Calvinist, 0.4% Greek Catholic, 1.4% other religion and 6.3% unaffiliated, with 30.5% declining to answer.
The village had an ethnic minority German population of 7.7% and a Roma population of 2.1%. A small number of residents also identified as Romanian (1.1%) and other, non-native to Hungary (1.4%). The majority declared themselves as Hungarian (71.2%), with 27.4% declining to answer.[6]
The village is governed by a mayor with a four-person council. The local government of the village operates a joint council office with the nearby localities of Alsómocsolád, Mágocs, and Nagyhajmás. The seat of the joint council is in Mágocs.[7] [8]