Gyékényes
Gyékényes, known in Croatian as Đikeniš or Džikeniš, is a small village in Somogy county, Hungary, near the Croatian border. Its train station is an important border crossing into Croatia.
People have lived here since ancient times; a 1971 archaeological dig found Roman-era artifacts. The village is first mentioned in records in 1380. Over the centuries it changed hands: it was owned by Magyar families, then ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1600 to 1677, and from 1835 to 1945 it was owned by the Zichy family.
As of 2017 the population was 994. The 2011 census said about 89.9% were Hungarian, 6.3% were Gypsy, 1.5% were German, and 0.4% Croatian.
In religion, 62.4% identified as Roman Catholic, 13.8% as Evangelical, 6.6% as non-religious, 2.4% as Protestant, 0.3% as Greek Catholic, with about 14.2% not recorded.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 11:55 (CET).