Ág (, ) is a village () in 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 1 ...

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 s ...

, in southern

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. Its population at the 2011 Census was 177. Until the end of World War II, the majority of the Inhabitants was Protestant

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, Mostly of the former German Settlers was expelled to

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and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, about the

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. Only a few

Germans of Hungary German Hungarians (german: Ungarndeutsche, hu, magyarországi németek) are the German-speaking minority of Hungary, sometimes called Danube Swabians (German: ''Donauschwaben'', Hungarian: ''dunai svábok''), many of whom call themselves "Shw ...

live there, the majority today are the descendants of Hungarians from the

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. They got the houses of the former Danube Swabians Inhabitants.

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

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with the nearby localities of

Gerényes Gerényes is a village in Baranya county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to th ...

Kisvaszar Kisvaszar 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 northea ...

Tarrós Tarrós () is a village () in Baranya county, Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 129. Local government The village is governed by a mayor with a four-person council. The local government of the village operates a joint council of ...

Tékes Tékes () is a village () in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya County, Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 Census of Hungary, 2011 census was 248. Geography The village is located at 46 ...

and

Vásárosdombó Vásárosdombó 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 ...

. Ág maintains a

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, but the seat of the joint council is in Vásárosdombó. As of the election of 2019, the village also has a local minority self-government for its

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community, with three elected representatives.

Transportation

The village is a

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community, with only one access road connecting it to Road 6546 via nearby village

Railway

Vásárosdombó train station Vásárosdombó is a village in Baranya (county), Baranya county, Hungary. Populated places in Baranya County {{Baranya-geo-stub ...

, to the west of the village off Road 6546. The station is on the Pusztaszabolcs–Pécs 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 ...

Road

* Road 6546 connects the village to

to the west and

Komló Komló (, german: Kumlau, hr, Komlov) is a town in Baranya county, Hungary. The name of the settlement is derived from the local crop of hops (komló), an ingredient of beer. By the 18th century a depiction of this plant running up a support alre ...

to the south. * Main road 611, a north–south road accessible in

, connects the village to its district seat

Sásd Sásd () is a town in Baranya county, Hungary. The total population of Sásd in 2015 was 3094. Twin towns – sister cities Sásd is twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i. ...

and the town of

Dombóvár Dombóvár (german: Dombowa; la, Iowia) is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. Twin towns – sister cities Dombóvár is twinned with: * Kernen im Remstal, Germany * Ogulin, Croatia * Vir, Croatia * Höganäs, Sweden Notable people * Ján ...

External links

Street map

OpenStreetMap

References

Populated places in Baranya County {{Baranya-geo-stub