Bátya


Bátya is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary.

Tourism

Cultural sights

Other structures

Southwest of Bátya, there is the tallest electricity pylon of Hungary. It is part of Danube crossing from the 400 kV-line Paks - Sandorfalva.

Notable people

Demographics

Existing ethnicities:
Croats from Bátya came to that area in 16th century from Croatian northeastern region of Slavonia. They speak the Štokavian dialect of Croatian, a Slavonian subdialect. Similar dialectal features are seen today among population of Gradište near Županja and around Našice.
These Croats belong to special group of Danubian Croats: they call themselves as Raci. In literature they are also called racki Hrvati.
Bátya Croats' feast is Veliko racko prelo.

Nearby villages