Hosszúhetény (, ) is the most populous village in

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, southwest

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, a significant centre of village tourism. It is located 18 kilometres northeast to

Pécs Pécs ( , ; ; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Päťkostolie''; also known by #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the c ...

, the county capital, in a valley between the feet of

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, the highest peak of the

Mecsek Mecsek (; ; Serbian language, Serbian: ''Meček'' or Мечек; ) is a mountain range in southern Hungary. It is situated in the Baranya (region), Baranya region, in the north of the city of Pécs. Etymology The Hungarian toponym "Mecsek" deriv ...

mountains and the peak called Hármashegy. It has a population of 3424 (as of 1 January 2010) and an area of . The valley has been inhabited since the

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. Two other nearby villages belong to the administration of Hosszúhetény: Püspökszentlászló and

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. Located in an environmentally protected area, a special microclimate producing rare flower species like '' Paeonia 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.

Geography

Between Hosszúhetény and

Komló Komló (, , ) is a town in Baranya county, Hungary. The name of the settlement is derived from the local crop of hops (komló), an ingredient of beer. By the 18th century a depiction of this plant running up a support already featured on the heral ...

is the

Takanyó Valley Takanyó Valley is a valley between Hosszúhetény and Komló (Zobákpuszta) at the Northern part of Hármashegy, in the Eastern Mecsek. Mecsek, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian B ...

NATO radar

In the 2000s the Hungarian government wanted to build a

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radar station on the top of the Zengő, but the plan foundered in 2005 on fierce resistance from the inhabitants of Hosszúhetény and nearby

Pécsvárad Pécsvárad (; ) is a town in Baranya County, southern Hungary. Geography Pécsvárad is on the southern slope of the Mecsek mountains, in particular the part called Kelet-Mecsek. It's at the foot of the Zengő, the highest peak of these mount ...

and environmentalist groups including

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People

Bertalan Andrásfalvy Bertalan Andrásfalvy (born 17 November 1931)''Pécs Lexikon I. (A–M)''. ed. Romváry, Ferenc, Pécs Lexikon Kulturális Nonprofit Kft. 2010, Pécs. p. 38; is a former Hungarian ethnographer and politician, who served as Minister of Educa ...

, politician, ethnographer * Gyula Bocz, sculptor * Zsuzsa Deák, graphic artist *

Alajos Degré Alajos Degré ( Lippa, Hungary (today in Romania), January 6, 1819 – Budapest, November 1, 1896) was a Hungarian lawyer, legal historian, author and one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Life He was born to a middle-clas ...

, jurist *

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, writer * Tamás Herbert, environmentalist * Károly Hetényi Varga, writer :hu:Hetényi Varga Károly

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Hosszúhetény is twinned with: *

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References

External links

Hosszúhetény's website (Hungarian, English)Biggest Hosszúhetény community page in FacebookHosszúhetény photoes page in Facebook
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