Mekényes

Mekényes
Mekényes
Village
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	Mekényes Location in Baranya County Mekényes Mekényes (Hungary)
	Coordinates: 46°23′21″N 18°20′57″E / 46.38917°N 18.34917°E
Country	Hungary
County	Baranya
District	Hegyhát
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Mayor	Róbert Schild (Ind.)
Area
• Total	17.77 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	262
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7344
Area code	72
NUTS 3	HU231
HCSO	30492
Website	www.mekenyes.hu

Mekényes ([ˈmɛkeːɲɛʃ], German: Meknitsch, Croatian: Mekinjiš, Mekinjaš) is a village (Hungarian: község) in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 289.^[4]

Geography

The village is located at 46° 23′ 21″ N, 18° 20′ 57″ E. Its area is 17.77 km² (6.86 sq mi). It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region, and administratively it falls under Baranya County and Hegyhát District. It lies 8.8 km (5.5 mi) northeast of the town of Mágocs and 36 km (22 mi) north of Pécs.^[5]

Demographics

2011 census

As of the census of 2011, there were 289 residents, 121 households, and 82 families living in the village. The population density was 42 inhabitants per square mile (16 inhabitants/km²). There were 143 dwellings at an average density of 21 dwellings per square mile (8.1 dwellings/km²). The average household size was 2.36. The average number of children was 0.85. The average family size was 2.82.^[4]

Religious affiliation was 43.2% Roman Catholic, 12.6% Lutheran, 5.6% Calvinist, 0.4% Greek Catholic, 1.4% other religion and 6.3% unaffiliated, with 30.5% declining to answer.

The village had an ethnic minority German population of 7.7% and a Roma population of 2.1%. A small number of residents also identified as Romanian (1.1%) and other, non-native to Hungary (1.4%). The majority declared themselves as Hungarian (71.2%), with 27.4% declining to answer.^{[note 1]}^[3]

Local government

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 Alsómocsolád, Mágocs, and Nagyhajmás. The seat of the joint council is in Mágocs.^[2]^[3]