Tormás (, ) is a

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() in

Hegyhát District Hegyhát ( hu, Hegyháti járás) is a district in northern part of Baranya County. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. It is the only district in Hungarian countryside, which is not named after its district se ...

, northern

Baranya county Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the ...

, in the Southern Transdanubia region of

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. Its population at the 2011 census was 301.

Geography

The village is located at 46° 13′ 49″ N, 17° 59′ 29″ E. Its area is . It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region, and administratively it falls under

Baranya County Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the ...

and then

. It lies west of the town of Mindszentgodisa and northwest of Pécs.

Demographics

2011 census

As of the census of 2011, there were 301 residents, 110 households, and 78 families living in the village. The

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was . There were 124 dwellings at an average density of . The average household size was 2.71. The average number of children was 1.29. The average family size was 3.13. Religious affiliation was 75.8%

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, 3.7%

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, 0.3% other religion, and 7.4% unaffiliated, with 12.8% declining to answer. The village had significant ethnic minority Roma (22.1%) and

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(17.4%) populations. A small number of residents also identified as

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(0.3%). All residents identified as Hungarian.

Local government

The village is governed by a

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with a four-person council. The local government of the village operates a joint council office with the nearby localities of

Bakóca Bakóca () is a village () in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 285. Geography The village is located at 46° 12′ 27″ N, 17° 59′ 56″ E. I ...

Baranyajenő Baranyajenő (, ) is a village () in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 455. Geography The village is located at 46° 16′ 15″ N, 18° 2′ 41� ...

, Kisbeszterce,

Kishajmás Kishajmás (, ) is a village () in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 209. Geography The village is located at 46° 12′ 3″ N, 18° 4′ 56″ ...

, Mindszentgodisa, and Szágy. The seat of the joint council is in Mindszentgodisa. As of the election of 2019, the village also has local

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s for its Roma and

communities, each with three elected representatives.

Transportation

Railway

* Sásd Train Station, to the northeast of the village. The station is on the Pusztaszabolcs–Pécs and Dombóvár-Komló railway lines and is operated by

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Geography

Demographics

2011 census

Local government

Transportation

Railway

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