Settlement Type: | Village |
Other Name: | Croatian: Potonja |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Official Name: | Potony |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Somogy |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Barcs |
Subdivision Type4: | RC Diocese |
Subdivision Name4: | Pécs[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 15.9 |
Population Total: | 176[2] |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | potonyi |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 7977 |
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 Potony |
Coordinates: | 45.9303°N 17.6506°W |
Potony (Croatian: Potonja) is a village in Somogy County, Hungary.
It lies east of Barcs, 4km (02miles) from the River Drava, on the border of Somogy and Baranya County. Neighboring villages are Kastélyosdombó, Lakócsa, Tótújfalu and Drávagárdony. The EuroVelo international cycling 13th Vasfüggöny trail runs through the settlement.
Potony was first mentioned in the papal tithe register between 1332 and 1337 and already had its own parish. In 1376 it appeared as Poton, in 1403 as Szent-Pál Valley in official documents. There was also another village, Gerenda which perished after 1660. There were nine peasant families in the village in 1695. From the 18th century it was a possession of the Esterházy family who invited Croatian settlers there at that time from Slavonia.[3] According to the 1772 census the residents of Potony spoke all Croatian. The 1870 census shows that it had 431 Croatian or Serb, 154 Hungarian, 1 German and 1 Slovak resident. The name Potony is since 1909 in use. It had 699 residents, 82% of whom were Croats.
A 400,000 m3 reservoir is under construction as part of the Old-Drava Program.