Palé, Hungary

Palé is a village (község) in Hegyhát District, northern Baranya county, in the Southern Transdanubia region of Hungary. Its population at the 2011 census was 99.

Geography
The village is located at 46° 15′ 38″ N, 18° 4′ 13″ E. Its area is 2.15 km2. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region, and administratively it falls under Baranya County and then Hegyhát District. It lies 3 km west of the town of Sásd.

2011 census
As of the census of 2011, there were 99 residents, 34 households, and 28 families living in the village. The population density was 119 /sqmi. There were 37 dwellings at an average density of 45 /sqmi. The average household size was 2.74. The average number of children was 1.07. The average family size was 2.93.

Religious affiliation was 44.1% Roman Catholic, 5.4% Calvinist, 8.6% other religion, and 15.1% unaffiliated, with 26.9% declining to answer.

The village had an ethnic minority Roma population of 5.4%. A small number of residents also identified as German (1.1%). The vast majority declared themselves as Hungarian (98.9%), with 1.1% declining to answer.

Local government
The village is governed by a mayor with a four-person council. The local government of the village operates a joint council office with the nearby localities of Baranyaszentgyörgy, Felsőegerszeg, Gödre, Meződ, Sásd, Varga and Vázsnok. The seat of the joint council is in Sásd.

Railway

 * Sásd Train Station, 3.5 km to the east of the village. The station is on the Pusztaszabolcs–Pécs and Dombóvár-Komló railway lines and is operated by MÁV.