Hosszúhetény Hetting/Heting/Langheting | |
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  Hosszúhetény Hetting/Heting/Langheting Location of Hosszúhetény | |
| Coordinates:46°09′48″N18°21′05″E / 46.16331°N 18.35135°E /46.16331; 18.35135 | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Baranya |
| Area | |
• Total | 45.27 km2 (17.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 3,360 |
| • Density | 74.22/km2 (192.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7694 |
| Area code | 72 |
Hosszúhetény (Croatian:Hetinj, Etinj, Hetin, Jetin,German:Hetting, Heting,Langheting) is the most populous village inBaranya county, southwestHungary, a significant centre of village tourism.It is located 18 kilometres northeast toPécs, the county capital, in a valley between the feet ofZengő, the highest peak of theMecsek mountains and the peak calledHármashegy.
It has a population of 3424 (as of 1 January 2010) and an area of 45.27 km2 (17 sq mi).
The valley has been inhabited since theStone Age. Two other nearby villages belong to the administration of Hosszúhetény:Püspökszentlászló andKisújbánya.
Located in an environmentally protected area, a special microclimate producing rare flower species likePaeonia officinalis ssp, among picturesque mountains, the three villages are popular among tourists who arrive from all parts of Hungary and abroad. One of the main sites is the arboretum of the episcopal castle in Püspökszentlászló.
Tourism gives an increasing portion of the villagers' revenues after the decline of coal mining which flourished in the region between the 1950s and 1990.[1]
Between Hosszúhetény andKomló is theTakanyó Valley.
In the 2000s the Hungarian government wanted to build aNATO radar station on the top of the Zengő, but the plan foundered in 2005 on fierce resistance from the inhabitants of Hosszúhetény and nearbyPécsvárad and environmentalist groups includingGreenpeace.
Hosszúhetény istwinned with:
Morolo,Italy
Hetin (Hungarian:Tamásfalva),Serbia
Săvădisla (Hungarian:Tordaszentlászló),Romania
Alfdorf,Germany
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