Ág

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.

Ág
Village
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Coordinates: 46.29587°N 18.20241°E / 46.29587; 18.20241
Country	Hungary
County	Baranya
District	Hegyhát
Area [1]
• Total	12.03 km2 (4.64 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]
• Total	178
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7381
Area code	72
NUTS 3	HU231
HCSO	25812

Etymology

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

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 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

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

Railway

• Vásárosdombó train station, 5.6 km (3.5 mi) to the west of the village off Road 6546. The station is on the Pusztaszabolcs–Pécs railway line and is operated by MÁV.

Road

• Road 6546 connects the village to Vásárosdombó to the west and Komló to the south.
• Main road 611, a north–south road accessible in Vásárosdombó, connects the village to its district seat Sásd and the town of Dombóvár.

External links

• Street map (in Hungarian)
• OpenStreetMap

References

1. "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.