Hosszúhetény

Hosszúhetény (Croatian: Hetinj, Etinj, Hetin, Jetin, German: Hetting, Heting, Langheting) is the most populous village in Baranya county, southwest Hungary, a significant centre of village tourism. It is located 18 kilometres northeast to Pécs, the county capital, in a valley between the feet of Zengő, the highest peak of the Mecsek mountains and the peak called Hármashegy.

Hosszúhetény Hetting/Heting/Langheting
Hosszúhetény Hetting/Heting/Langheting Location of Hosszúhetény
Coordinates: 46.16331°N 18.35135°E / 46.16331; 18.35135
Country	Hungary
County	Baranya
Area
• Total	45.27 km2 (17.48 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	3,360
• Density	74.22/km2 (192.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	7694
Area code	72

It has a population of 3424 (as of 1 January 2010) and an area of 45.27 km² (17 sq mi).

The valley has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Two other nearby villages belong to the administration of Hosszúhetény: Püspökszentlászló and Kisújbánya.

Located in an environmentally protected area, a special microclimate producing rare flower species like Paeonia officinalis ssp, among picturesque mountains, the three villages are popular among tourists who arrive from all parts of Hungary and abroad. One of the main sites is the arboretum of the episcopal castle in Püspökszentlászló.

Tourism gives an increasing portion of the villagers' revenues after the decline of coal mining which flourished in the region between the 1950s and 1990.

Geography

Between Hosszúhetény and Komló is the Takanyó Valley.

NATO radar

In the 2000s the Hungarian government wanted to build a NATO radar station on the top of the Zengő, but the plan foundered in 2005 on fierce resistance from the inhabitants of Hosszúhetény and nearby Pécsvárad and environmentalist groups including Greenpeace.

The eastern Mecsek mountains

People

• Bertalan Andrásfalvy, politician, ethnographer
• Gyula Bocz, sculptor
• Zsuzsa Deák, graphic artist
• Alajos Degré, jurist
• Mária Fischer, writer
• Tamás Herbert, environmentalist
• Károly Hetényi Varga, writer

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Twin towns — Sister cities

Hosszúhetény is twinned with:

• Morolo, Italy
• Hetin (Hungarian: Tamásfalva), Serbia
• Săvădisla (Hungarian: Tordaszentlászló), Romania
• Alfdorf, Germany

See also

• Bárányles
• Wheelbarrow Olympics

External links

• Hosszúhetény's website (Hungarian, English)
• Biggest Hosszúhetény community page in Facebook
• Hosszúhetény photoes page in Facebook