Potony

Potony (Croatian: Potonja) is a village in Somogy County, Hungary.

It lies east of Barcs, 4 km (2.5 mi) from the River Drava, on the border of Somogy and Baranya County.

The EuroVelo international cycling 13th Vasfüggöny trail runs through the settlement.

From the 18th century it was a possession of the Esterházy family who invited Croatian settlers there at that time from Slavonia.

The 1870 census shows that it had 431 Croatian or Serb, 154 Hungarian, 1 German and 1 Slovak resident.