[2] It lies in the valley of the River Kapos, 20 km east of Kaposvár on the road 61, next to the Dombóvár-Gyékényes Railway Line.

After the Turkish occupation its residents were mostly gentries (kuriális falu English: curial village) in 1969.

According to the 1849 census Szabadi and Kisgát had together 136 Hungarian and 200 German residents.

[3] Its population was always around 500 and Hungarian in majority with a significant German minority.

The residents started to migrate to Kaposvár or to the nearby towns (Dombóvár, Igal, Sásd etc.).