Bátya
# Bátya

Bátya (Croatian: Baćin or Baćino) is a village in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary.

## Tourism

### Cultural sights

* Church
* World War II monument
* Holy Trinity
* Calvaria

### Other structures

Southwest of Bátya, there is the tallest electricity pylon of Hungary ( height: 138 metres). It is part of Danube crossing from the 400 kV-line Paks - Sandorfalva.

## Notable people

* Teri Harangozó (1943 - 2015), singer

## Demographics

Existing ethnicities:

* Magyars
* Croats

Croats from Bátya came to that area in 16th century from Croatian northeastern region of Slavonia. They speak the Štokavian dialect of Croatian, a Slavonian subdialect (Old-Shtokavian with non-reflected yat pronunciation). Similar dialectal features are seen today among population of Gradište near Županja and around Našice.

These Croats belong to special group of Danubian Croats: they call themselves as Raci. In literature they are also called racki Hrvati.

Bátya Croats' feast is Veliko racko prelo.

## Nearby villages

* Kalocsa
* Fajsz
* Foktő
* Miske
* Dusnok
