# Bugyi

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Large village in Pest, Hungary

Bugyi Large village Beleznay Palace Coat of arms Bugyi Location of Bugyi Coordinates: 47°08′03″N 19°05′07″E / 47.134029°N 19.08523°E / 47.134029; 19.08523 Country Hungary County Pest District Dabas Population • Total 5,272 Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 2347 Area code (+36) 29

**Bugyi** is a village in [Pest County](/source/Pest_County), [Hungary](/source/Hungary). It is noted for its unusual name, meaning "[panties](/source/Panties)" in Hungarian.

## Geography

Bugyi is a village of 5,149 residents with an area of 11,558 hectares (28,560 acres; 45 sq mi). It lies about 30 km south of Budapest. The village is located at the intersection of the roads connecting [Ócsa](/source/%C3%93csa) to [Kiskunlacháza](/source/Kiskunlach%C3%A1za) and [Taksony](/source/Taksony) to [Dabas](/source/Dabas%2C_Hungary) and [Kunpeszér](/source/Kunpesz%C3%A9r). However, the village is not directly linked into major state highways.

## Etymology

Contrary to popular belief, the place name has no etymological connection to the contemporary Hungarian word "bugyi", meaning [panties](/source/Panties), which is instead derived from "*bugyogó*", meaning baggy underwear.

The name of the town first appeared in official documents as Latin “*Bevd*” in 1321 of a form *Budymatheusfelde* (translation: Matthew Bugy land). It is named from the personal names starting with "*Bud*" (from the verb "to be") of the original [Slavic](/source/Slavs) settlers. Examples include: *Budweis* (to be wise), *Budik* (awaken), *Budimir* (peaceful). The -i suffix in Hungarian "*Bugy-i*" denotes possession, meaning "of Bud".

## History

The township was fused from several medieval villages (Bugy, Vány, Ráda, Ürbo). The region's natural and economic development was defined by the Danube's ancient riverbank, which was drained in the 1920s. As a result of its various soil types and microclimate, the region is especially well suited for agricultural production; hence, its important role in providing the capital with fresh produce. The town neighbors an area of gravel mines, so its geography is spackled with mining lakes.

## Sightseeing

Bugyi's historical landmarks are concentrated around its triangular Baroque main square. St. Adalbert Roman Catholic church, for example, was built in 1761 by Count Károly, I. Eszterházy, Bishop of Vác. The Beleznay Castle hosted important Hungarian cultural figures in the distant past. Next to the Lutheran church, which was built in 1783, there is the so-called “shame stone,” a monument probably from the time of the Avars. We can still find the marble head stones in the Jewish cemetery. At present, one of the town's most festive events is the harvest pageant every October.

One of Bugyi's significant treasures is its rich flora and fauna. The area's rich bird and game life attracts hunters and nature lovers from home and abroad. The township's southwestern fields ease into the Kiskunság National Park, which is known as one of Central-Europe's birding paradises with its saline lakes and wetlands. Some of its rare treasures are the Great Bustard or the 9.4-hectare protected ancient marshland's most beautiful flower Iris pumila.

## Demographics

As of 2022, the town was 88.5% [Hungarian](/source/Hungarians), 0.8% [Romanian](/source/Romanians), 0.6% [German](/source/Germans_of_Hungary), and 1.4% of non-European origin. The remainder chose not to respond. The population was 21.7% [Roman Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church), and 18.9% [Reformed](/source/Reformed_Christianity).[1]

## Twin city

- [Arad](/source/Arad%2C_Romania) - [Romania](/source/Romania)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Magyarország helységnévtára"](https://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=HU&p_id=32027). *www.ksh.hu*. Retrieved 2024-06-25.

## External links

Media related to [Bugyi](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bugyi) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Official website](https://www.bugyi.hu/) in Hungarian

v t e Towns and villages of Dabas District Towns (3) Dabas (district seat) Örkény Újhartyán Large villages (2) Bugyi Inárcs Villages (6) Hernád Kakucs Pusztavacs Táborfalva Tatárszentgyörgy Újlengyel

v t e Pest County City with county rights Budapest (county seat, but not part of the county) Érd Towns Abony Albertirsa Aszód Biatorbágy Budakalász Budakeszi Budaörs Cegléd Dabas Diósd Dunaharaszti Dunakeszi Dunavarsány Fót Göd Gödöllő Gyál Gyömrő Halásztelek Isaszeg Kerepes Kistarcsa Maglód Monor Nagykáta Nagykőrös Nagymaros Ócsa Őrbottyán Örkény Pécel Pilis Piliscsaba Pilisvörösvár Pomáz Ráckeve Sülysáp Százhalombatta Szentendre Szigethalom Szigetszentmiklós Szob Tápiószele Tököl Törökbálint Tura Újhartyán Üllő Vác Vecsés Veresegyház Visegrád Zsámbék Large villages Alsónémedi Bag Bugyi Csömör Dömsöd Ecser Felsőpakony Hernád Inárcs Kartal Kiskunlacháza Leányfalu Nagykovácsi Nyáregyháza Solymár Szada Taksony Táborfalva Tápiószecső Tápiószentmárton Tárnok Valkó Villages Acsa Apaj Áporka Bernecebaráti Bénye Budajenő Ceglédbercel Csemő Csévharaszt Csobánka Csomád Csörög Csővár Dánszentmiklós Dány Délegyháza Domony Dunabogdány Erdőkertes Farmos Galgagyörk Galgahévíz Galgamácsa Gomba Herceghalom Hévízgyörk Iklad Ipolydamásd Ipolytölgyes Jászkarajenő Kakucs Káva Kemence Kismaros Kisnémedi Kisoroszi Kocsér Kosd Kóspallag Kóka Kőröstetétlen Letkés Lórév Majosháza Makád Márianosztra Mende Mikebuda Mogyoród Nagybörzsöny Nagytarcsa Nyársapát Pánd Páty Penc Perbál Perőcsény Péteri Pilisborosjenő Pilisjászfalu Pilisszántó Pilisszentiván Pilisszentkereszt Pilisszentlászló Pócsmegyer Pusztavacs Pusztazámor Püspökhatvan Püspökszilágy Rád Remeteszőlős Sóskút Szentlőrinckáta Szentmártonkáta Szigetbecse Szigetcsép Szigetmonostor Szigetszentmárton Szigetújfalu Szokolya Sződ Sződliget Tahitótfalu Tatárszentgyörgy Tápióbicske Tápiógyörgye Tápióság Tápiószőlős Telki Tésa Tinnye Tóalmás Tök Törtel Újlengyel Újszilvás Úri Üröm Vasad Vácduka Vácegres Váchartyán Váckisújfalu Vácrátót Vácszentlászló Vámosmikola Verőce Verseg Zebegény Zsámbok

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