"Tarcsa-puszta" was also a medieval village which perished. The Ottoman tax register of 1554 lists 12 houses there, in 1571 37 houses. "Fáni-major", "Feri-major", "Kistarnócza-puszta", "Vadas-puszta", "Antal-major", "Pusztamalom" belonged to "Tarcsa". There was also a village with the same name before Turkish times. Its residents flew to the forests and established smaller farms. In the papal tithe register of 1332-1337 it can be found as "Szent-Mihály" and in 1536 tax register as "Barcsi-Szent-Mihály". Besides tourism the production sector has also a significant share in the town's economy. There are several production facilities of companies like the Hungarian dairy producer "Dráva Tej", the wood producers "Dráva Fabrika", "DRÁVA Faipari Művek" (est. 1878) and "Magyar Plan" (owned by the Italian "FLORIAN GROUP"), the Hungarian joinery manufacturer "H-fa", the Hungarian communal machine producer "Seres", the Hungarian meat producer "Dráva Natura", the German-Hungarian industrial machine manufacturer "AVERMANN-HORVÁTH", the Hungarian container producer "Barcs Metál" and the Hungarian electric network manufacturer "Transzkábel". Barcs is twinned with: