Somogyapáti | |
|---|---|
 Location of Baranya county in Hungary | |
  Somogyapáti Location of Somogyapáti | |
| Coordinates:46°05′41″N17°44′59″E / 46.09473°N 17.74972°E /46.09473; 17.74972 | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Baranya |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.07 km2 (3.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 562 |
| • Density | 55.8/km2 (145/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7922 |
| Area code | 73 |
Somogyapáti (Croatian:Opat) is a village in thesubregion ofSzigetvár,Baranya county,Hungary.
The current name is a composition ofSomogy which marks its former county, andapáti which means "the property of (the) abbey".
According toLászló Szita the settlement was completely Hungarian in the 18th century.[1]
The village is situated in the north-western corner of Baranya county, 7 kilometre (4.3 mi)[2] northwest ofSzigetvár and 42 kilometre (26 mi)[3] west ofPécs on paved roadway. It is surrounded bySomogyviszló andVásárosbéc on the north,Csertő on the east,Basal on the northeast,Patapoklosi on the south,Merenye on the southwest andSomogyhatvan on the west.
Somogyapáti divides into three larger units, including Somogyapáti itself and two minor settlements on the outskirts namedAdorjánpuszta andDióspuszta. The last one, however does not form a singular body and consists ofZimány andHitmes as well.
Its territory is mildly hilly and is the south-end part of a hilly region calledZselic. Somogyapáti and Adorjánpuszta, both situated on hilltops, are on the opposite banks of the creekKeleti-Gyöngyös. In the 1960s a dam have been built to impound this creek for irrigation purposes, creating a 105-hectare (259-acre) artificial lake of which area partly belongs to Somogyviszló. Its original cubic capacity was 2.3 hm³ with the average depth being 2.2 metre (7.2 foot).[4] The lake serves as a fishpond nowadays.
Basal, Patapoklosi, Somogyapáti, Somogyhatvan and Somogyviszló share a common notary public, with their office being in Somogyapáti.
The area have been populated since theancient times.Artifacts, such as refined stone tools and fragments of ceramics have been found marking that elements ofLinear Pottery andLengyel cultures were present in the region.
The name of the village appears in several charters asApati dating back to 1322.
In the 16th century the territory became the part ofOttoman Hungary, therefore lost all of its inhabitants. The village have been refounded in the 18th century with some of the pioneers beingSlavic people.
The village had been corporated intoSomogy until 1950.
