Varga () is a

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() 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 101. It is known for the leather factory that was owned by the family of the same name.

Geography

The village is located at 46° 14′ 52.79″ N, 18° 8′ 33,32″ E. Its area is . It is part of the

statistical region, and administratively it falls under

and then

. It lies east 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 ...

Demographics

2011 census

As of the census of 2011, there were 101 residents, 40 households, and 30 families living in the village. The

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was 31 inhabitants per square mile (12/km²). There were 50 dwellings at an average density of 15 per square mile (6/km²). The average household size was 2.55. The average number of children was 1.10. The average family size was 2.90. Religious affiliation was 52.9%

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, 1.0%

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, 1.0%

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, and 11.8% unaffiliated, with 33.3% declining to answer. The village had a significant

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population of 21.6%. A small number of residents also identified as

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(1.0%). The majority declared themselves as Hungarian (76.5%), with 23.5% declining to answer.

Local government

The village is governed by a

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with a two-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. ...

, Gödre, Meződ,

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and Vázsnok. The seat of the joint council is in Sásd.

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 west 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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