Pogány ( hr, Pogan) is a village in
Baranya Baranya or Baranja may refer to:
* Baranya (region) or Baranja, a region in Hungary and Croatia
* Baranya County, a county in modern Hungary
* Baranya County (former), a county in the historic Kingdom of Hungary
* Baranya, Hungarian name of villag ...
county,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
.
Location
Pogány is located south 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 ...
, near Hungary's Highway 58.
History
The first written record of Pogány dates to 1181, with the village's church to St. Barbara appearing as early as 1334. During the
Ottoman occupation of Hungary, the village was depopulated, but slowly regained population.
Population
In the 2011 census, 90.1% of the population were Hungarian, 0.2% Bulgarian, 1.3% Romani, 10.4% Croatian, 15.1% German, 0.3% Serb, and 0.3% Ukrainian. The religious distribution was as follows; 39.8% Roman Catholic, 10.7% Reformed, 3.2% Lutheran, 1.1% Greek Catholic, 22.2% non-denominational (20.8% did not declare their religion).
References
External links
Street map
Populated places in Baranya County
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