Alsómocsolád (, , ) is a

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() in

Hegyhát District Hegyhát ( hu, Hegyháti járás) is a district in northern part of Baranya County. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. It is the only district in Hungarian countryside, which is not named after its district se ...

, northern

Baranya county Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the ...

, in the Southern Transdanubia region of

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. Its population at the 2011 census was 303.

Geography

The village is located at 46° 18′ 48″ N, 18° 14′ 39″ E. Its area is . It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region, and administratively it falls under

Baranya County Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the ...

and

. It lies south of the town of Mágocs and north of

Pécs Pécs ( , ; hr, Pečuh; german: Fünfkirchen, ; also known by other #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the countr ...

Demographics

2011 census

As of the census of 2011, there were 303 residents, 110 households, and 78 families living in the village. The

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was . There were 140 dwellings at an average density of . The average household size was 2.43. The average number of children was 1.01. The average family size was 2.82. Religious affiliation was 66.9%

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, 2.3%

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, 1.3%

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, and 28.3% unaffiliated, with 1.3% declining to answer. The village had an ethnic minority

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population of 7.1% and a Roma population of 2.3%. A small number of residents also identified as

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(0.3%) and other, non-native to Hungary (2.6%). The vast majority declared themselves as Hungarian (97.1%), with 0.3% declining to answer.

Local government

The village is governed by a

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with a four-person council. The local government of the village operates a joint council office with the nearby localities of Mágocs,

Mekényes 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. Geography The village is located at 46° 23′ 21″ N, 18° 20′ 57� ...

, and Nagyhajmás. The seat of the joint council is in Mágocs.

Transportation

Railway

* Mágocs-Alsómocsolád Train Station, west of the village. The station is on the Dombóvár-Bátaszék railway line and is operated by

MÁV Hungarian State Railways ( hu, Magyar Államvasutak, MÁV) is the Hungarian national railway company, with divisions "MÁV START Zrt." (passenger transport), "MÁV-Gépészet Zrt." (maintenance), "MÁV-Trakció Zrt." and "MÁV Cargo Zrt" (freig ...

Geography

Demographics

2011 census

Local government

Transportation

Railway

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