Pörböly is a village in Tolna County, southern Hungary.
Pörböly | |
|---|---|
 Location of Tolna county in Hungary | |
  Pörböly | |
| Coordinates: 46°12′21″N 18°48′48″E / 46.20583°N 18.81333°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Tolna |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sipos Lajos (Fidesz–KDNP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.1 km2 (4.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
| • Total | 515 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 7142 |
| Area code | 74 |
| Website | www |
Geography
editThe village lies in an agricultural flatland some 90 m above the sea level, 9 kilometres in the eastern direction is the river Danube and the town of Baja. Some 66 km ESE is Serbian town of Subotica.
The floodplain forest belt along the Danube river, the Gemenc nature reserve, starts beyond the village with many oxbow lakes, canals and distributaries. Bird observation places can be reached from here.
Transport
editHungarian highway M6 passes the town Bátaszék 9 km westwards. State road Nr. 55 goes through the village as well as a railway connecting Bátaszék and Kiskunhalas, both tracks cross the Danube eastwards to the town of Baja via the Türr István Híd what is the Hungarian southernmost Danube bridge.
At the Pörböly railway station a narrow-gauge Bosnian gauge railway starts directing through the Danube forests northwards, the Gemenc State Forest Railway.
References
edit- ^ "Település adatlap". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary". www.ksh.hu. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Census 2022". Census 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.