Szágy
village in Hungary
Szágy ([ˈsaːɟ]) is a village (Hungarian: község) in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 140.
Geography
The village is located at 46° 13′ 21″ N, 17° 56′ 49″ E. Its area is 9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi). It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region, and administratively it falls under Baranya County and then Hegyhát District. It lies 9.5 km (5.9 mi) west of the town of Mindszentgodisa and 27.7 km (17.2 mi) northwest of Pécs.
Demographics
2011 census
As of the census of 2011, there were 140 residents, 59 households, and 37 families living in the village. The population density was 39 inhabitants per square mile (15 inhabitants/km2). There were 61 dwellings at an average density of 17 per square mile (6.6/km2). The average household size was 2.46. The average number of children was 1.16.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Szágy” as village in Hungary. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Hungary. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 17, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1074754. Authority coordinates are 46.233, 17.950. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.
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This entry incorporates text from “Szágy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.