Somogyapáti ( hr, Opat) is a village in the
subregion of
Szigetvár,
Baranya county,
Hungary.
Etymology
The current name is a composition of ''Somogy'' which marks its former county, and ''apáti'' which means "the property of (the) abbey".
History
According to ''László Szita'' the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.
Location
The village is situated in the north-western corner of Baranya county, 7 kilometre (4.3 mi) northwest of
Szigetvár and 42 kilometre (26 mi) west of
Pécs on paved roadway. It is surrounded by
Somogyviszló
Somogyviszló is a village in Baranya 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 no ...
and
Vásárosbéc on the north,
Csertő
Csertő is a village in Baranya 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 ...
on the east,
Basal
Basal or basilar is a term meaning ''base'', ''bottom'', or ''minimum''.
Science
* Basal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location for features associated with the base of an organism or structure
* Basal (medicine), a minimal level that is nec ...
on the northeast,
Patapoklosi
Patapoklosi is a village in Baranya county, Hungary.
Demographics
In 2001, the population of Baranya county numbered 407,448 inhabitants, including:
* Hungarians = 375,611 (92.19%)
* Germans = 22,720 (5.58%)
* Romani = 10,623 (2.61%)
* Croats
...
on the south,
Merenye
Merenye ( hr, Mrnja, Meren) is a village in 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 ...
on the southwest and
Somogyhatvan
Somogyhatvan is a village in Baranya 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 nor ...
on the west.
Structure
Somogyapáti divides into three larger units which of them are Somogyapáti itself and two minor settlements on the outskirts named ''Adorjánpuszta'' and ''Dióspuszta''. The last one, however does not form a singular body and consists ''Zimány'' and ''Hitmes'' as well.
Geography
Its territory is mildly hilly and is the south-end part of a hilly region called
Zselic. Somogyapáti and Adorjánpuszta, both situated on hilltops, are on the opposite banks of the creek ''Keleti-Gyöngyös''. In the 1960s a dam have been built to impound this creek for irrigation purposes, creating a 105-
hectare (259-acre) artificial lake of which area partly belongs to Somogyviszló. Its original cubic capacity was 2.3 hm³ with the average depth being 2.2 metre (7.2 foot).
The lake serves as a fishpond nowadays.
Administration
Basal, Patapoklosi, Somogyapáti, Somogyhatvan and Somogyviszló share a common notary public, with their office being in Somogyapáti.
History
The area have been populated since the
ancient times.
Artifacts, such as refined stone tools and fragments of ceramics have been found marking that elements of
Linear Pottery
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and
Lengyel cultures were present in the region.
The name of the village appears in several charters as ''Apati'' dating back to 1322.
In the 16th century the territory became the part of
Ottoman Hungary, therefore lost all of its inhabitants. The village have been refounded in the 18th century with some of the pioneers being
Slavic people
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.
The village had been corporated into
Somogy until 1950.
Footnotes
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Populated places in Baranya County