{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement--> | official_name = Patosfa | settlement_type = Village | image = | image_caption = | image_shield = Coa_Hungary_Town_Patosfa.svg | image_flag = Flag of Patosfa.svg | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | image_map = SomogyMegye.png | map_caption = Location of Somogy county in Hungary | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{HUN}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Southern Transdanubia | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Somogy | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Barcs | subdivision_type4 = RC Diocese | subdivision_name4 = Kaposvár | area_total_km2 = 15.07 | population_total = 239<ref>[http://www.ksh.hu/apps/hntr.telepules?p_lang=EN&p_id=15592 Patosfa, KSH]</ref> | population_as_of = 2017 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = patosfai | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 7536 | area_code = (+36) 82 | blank4_name_sec1 = NUTS 3 code | blank4_info_sec1 = HU232 | blank5_name_sec2 = MP | blank5_info_sec2 = László Szászfalvi (KDNP) | pushpin_map = Hungary | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Patosfa | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{coord|46.12933|17.66360|region:HU|display=inline,title}} | website = {{URL|http://www.patosfa.hu|Patosfa Online}} }}
'''Patosfa''' is a village in Somogy county, Hungary.
==Etymology== According to the local legends the name was ''Padosfa'' ({{langx|en|tree with a bank}}). The scientific explanation states that it derives from the person name ''Potus'' or ''Patus''. The village was known as ''Patusfalva'' ({{langx|en|village of Patus}}) in the Middle Ages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://somogy.hu/publikaciok/kiraly-lajos-somogyi-helysegnevek-nepi-es.html |title=Lajos Király : Somogyi helységnevek népi és ... |access-date=2018-05-27 |archive-date=2018-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052439/http://somogy.hu/publikaciok/kiraly-lajos-somogyi-helysegnevek-nepi-es.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=15592 Street map (Hungarian)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516074730/http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=15592 |date=2011-05-16 }}
{{Barcs District}} {{Somogy}} {{authority control}}
Category:Populated places in Somogy County
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