Gödre (, , ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

() in

Hegyhát District Hegyhát () is a district in northern part of Baranya County, Hungary. 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 seat. Geograp ...

, northern

Baranya county Baranya (, ; German language, German:Croatian language, Croatian:'' Baranjska županija'') is a Counties of Hungary, county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya (region), B ...

, in the

Southern Transdanubia Southern Transdanubia ( ) is a subdivision of Hungary as defined by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS). It is one of the eight classified NUTS-2 statistical regions of Hungary. The region incorporates the south-western pa ...

region of

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

. Its population at the 2011 census was 913.

Geography

The village is located at 46° 17′ 13″ N, 17° 58′ 24″ E. Its area is . It is part of the

statistical region, and administratively it falls under

Baranya County Baranya (, ; German language, German:Croatian language, Croatian:'' Baranjska županija'') is a Counties of Hungary, county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya (region), B ...

and then

. It lies northwest of the town of

Sásd Sásd () is a town in Baranya county, in southern Hungary. The total population of Sásd in 2015 was 3,094. Twin towns – sister cities Sásd is twinned with: * Izvoru Crișului, Romania * Raaba Raaba, also known as Raaba bei Graz, was a v ...

and northwest of

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 ...

Demographics

2011 census

As of the census of 2011, there were 913 residents, 348 households, and 264 families living in the village. The

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was . There were 398 dwellings at an average density of . The average household size was 2.64. The average number of children was 1.14. The average family size was 2.91. Religious affiliation was 67.0%

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, 2.4%

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, 0.4%

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, 0.2% other religion, and 9.3% unaffiliated, with 20.7% declining to answer. The village had an

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population of 11.5% and a

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population of 8.4%. A small number of residents also identified as Bulgarian,

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and other, non-native to Hungary, totaling less than 1%. The majority declared themselves as Hungarian (82.9%), with 16.7% declining to answer.

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

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with the nearby localities of

Baranyaszentgyörgy Baranyaszentgyörgy () is a village () in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya County, Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 Census of Hungary, 2011 census was 141. Geography The village is lo ...

Felsőegerszeg Felsőegerszeg ( is a village () in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 131. Geography The village is located at 46° 15′ 0″ N, 18° 8′ 0″ E. ...

, Meződ,

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, Varga and Vázsnok. The seat of the joint council is in Sásd. As of the election of 2019, the village also has local minority self-governments for its

and

communities, each with three elected representatives.

Transportation

Railway

Sásd Train Station Sásd () is a town in Baranya county, in southern Hungary. The total population of Sásd in 2015 was 3,094. Twin towns – sister cities Sásd is twinned with: * Izvoru Crișului, Romania * Raaba Raaba, also known as Raaba bei Graz, was a v ...

, to the southeast of the village. The station is on the Pusztaszabolcs–Pécs and Dombóvár-Komló railway lines and is operated by

MÁV The Hungarian State Railways (, , formally MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (MÁV Zrt.). The full official name of the company is MÁV-csoport () now commonly known as MÁV) is the Hungarian national rail ...

Geography

Demographics

2011 census

Local government

Transportation

Railway

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