title: Bátya
text: # 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
  