Bakonya

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Bakonya is a small village in Baranya County, southern Hungary, about 12 kilometers west of the city of Pécs. It sits in the western Mecsek mountains and partly lies within the Western Mecsek Landscape Protection District. The village covers 15.07 square kilometers and has around 335 residents.

The name Bakonya comes from a Slavic word meaning beech forest. In the 1950s, a uranium mine operated near the village and stayed open until 1989, when it closed after the Soviet Union collapsed and the mine became uneconomical.

As of 2011, there were 335 residents in 136 households. Most people are Hungarian, with a Roma minority and small numbers of Germans and others. About half identify as Roman Catholic; others are unaffiliated or belong to different faiths.

Bakonya is governed by a mayor and a four-person council. It shares a joint council office with nearby Cserkút and Kővágószőlős, located in Kővágószőlős. Since 2019, the village also has a Roma minority self-government with three representatives.