Official Name: | Somogyvámos |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Somogy |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Fonyód |
Subdivision Type4: | RC Diocese |
Subdivision Name4: | Kaposvár |
Area Total Km2: | 25.02 |
Population Total: | 744[1] |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | vámosi, somogyvámosi |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8699 |
Area Code: | (+36) 85 |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | NUTS 3 code |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | HU232 |
Blank5 Name Sec2: | MP |
Blank5 Info Sec2: | József Attila Móring (KDNP) |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Somogyvámos |
Coordinates: | 46.5704°N 17.6804°W |
Blank Name: | Patron Saint |
Blank Info: | Prince Emeric |
Somogyvámos is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. It is about 25 km north of Kaposvár, and about 25 km south of Fonyód.
The surrounding lands were inhabited since the Avaric rule (6th/7th century). Its first written mention is from 1237, as "Csopak", which is now a name of a different town about 80–100 km away. The village was destroyed during the Ottoman rule and was inherited by the neighbouring village "Vámos", hence the current name, with the "Somogy" prefix, to distinguish it from the other "-vámos" named places. Vámos had slowly "moved" to the current place it lies and sometime in history changed its name to Somogyvámos.
The ruins of a 12th-century church located near the village (pictured inset) also indicate that the area was settled in during the early Middle Ages.[2]