Ág

Ág
Village
Ág is located in Baranya County
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Ág
Location of Ág
Ág is located in Hungary
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Ág (Hungary)
Coordinates: 46°17′45″N 18°12′09″E / 46.29587°N 18.20241°E / 46.29587; 18.20241
Country Hungary
CountyBaranya
DistrictHegyhát
Area
 • Total12.03 km2 (4.64 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total178
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7381
Area code72
NUTS 3HU231
HCSO25812

Ág ([ˈɒɡ], German: Neuda) is a village (Hungarian: község) in northern Baranya County, Hegyhát District, in southern Hungary. Its population at the 2011 Census was 177.[2] Until the end of World War II, the inhabitants' majority was Protestant Danube Swabians. Most of the former German settlers were expelled to Allied-occupied Germany and Allied-occupied Austria in 1945–1948, following the Potsdam Agreement.[3] Only a few Germans of Hungary live there, the majority today are the descendants of Hungarians from the Czechoslovak–Hungarian population exchange. They got the houses of the former Danube Swabian inhabitants.

Etymology

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The village's name comes from the word ág, meaning 'stream'. It was recorded as Naghagh in 1487.[4]

Local government

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The village is governed by a mayor with a four-person council. The local government of the village operates a joint council office with the nearby localities of Gerényes, Kisvaszar, Tarrós, Tékes and Vásárosdombó. Ág maintains a branch office, but the seat of the joint council is in Vásárosdombó.[1][5]

As of the election of 2019, the village also has a local minority self-government for its Roma community, with three elected representatives.[6]

Transportation

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The village is a cul-de-sac community, with only one access road connecting it to Road 6546 via nearby village Gerényes.

Railway

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Road

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2019" (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Population Census 2011: Regional Data - Baranya County". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Die Vertreibung – Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Ungarn".
  4. ^ Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.
  5. ^ "Local government elections 2019 - Ág (Baranya County)". Hungarian National Election Office (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Nationality local government elections 2019 - Ág (Baranya County)". Hungarian National Election Office (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 23 October 2021.