Official Name: | Olasz |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Hungary. |
Coordinates: | 46.0125°N 18.4133°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: | 10.29 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 637 |
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: | 7745 |
Area Code: | 69 |
Geocode: | 18555 |
Government Type: | Mayor-council government |
Government Footnotes: | [2] |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Party: | Independent |
Leader Name: | Gabriella Tóth |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Other Name: | Ahlaß, Olas |
Olasz (Croatian: Olas; German: Ahlaß) is a village and municipality (Hungarian: [[község]]) in Baranya County, Hungary.
The name of the village is ultimately a Hungarianised term derived from the German word walha which Hungarians otherwise use as a root for their exonym of Italy (Olaszország).
Olasz is located in Baranya County, about 20 kilometers southeast of Pécs and about 10 kilometers northwest of Bóly. 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 627. The vast majority of the population claimed Hungarian ethnicity (87.4%), though 29% also claimed German ethnicity and 8.8% claimed Croatian ethnicity, and the municipality has a German and Croatian local minority self-government. Other ethnicities claimed included Roma (1.4%), Serbian (0.5%) and Other (1.3%). 12.4% did not wish to answer. In terms of religious practice, 62.3% reported to be Roman Catholic, 3.5% Calvinist, 11.5% of no religious affiliation and 21.5% did not wish to answer.[3]
The closest railway station is in Bóly, 10 kilometers to the southeast.