Batya

Bátya
Bátya Location of Bátya
Coordinates: 46°29′00″N 18°57′00″E / 46.4833°N 18.9500°E / 46.4833; 18.9500Coordinates: 46°29′00″N 18°57′00″E / 46.4833°N 18.9500°E / 46.4833; 18.9500
Country	Hungary
County	Bács-Kiskun
Area
• Total	33.86 km2 (13.07 sq mi)
Population (2005)
• Total	2,239
• Density	66.12/km2 (171.3/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6351
Area code(s)	78
Website	http://www.batya.hu (Hungarian)

Bátya (Croatian: Baćin or Baćino) is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary.

Southwest of Bátya, there is the tallest electricity pylon of Hungary ( height: 138 metres). It is part of Danube crossing from the 400 kV-line Paks - Sandorfalva.

Existing ethnicities:

Croats from Bátya came to that area in 16th century from Croatian northeastern region of Slavonia. They speak Štokavian dialect of Croatian language, a Slavonian subdialect (Old-Shtokavian with non-reflected yat pronunciation). 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.

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