Hungarian village for rent, comes with deputy mayor’s post

A signpost at the entrance to the village of Megyer, Veszprem county, 190 kilometers southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The village of Megyer, population 18, has put itself up for rent to companies and tourists. For 210,000 forints ($750; 690 euro) a day, a prospective renter gets seven guesthouses that sleep 39 people, four streets, a bus stop, a barn, a chicken yard, six horses, two cows, three sheep and four hectares (10 acres) of farmland - along with the possibility of temporarily being named deputy mayor. (AP Photo/MTI, Lajos Nagy) A signpost at the entrance to the village of Megyer, Veszprem county, 190 kilometers southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The village of Megyer, population 18, has put itself up for rent to companies and tourists. For 210,000 forints ($750; 690 euro) a day, a prospective renter gets seven guesthouses that sleep 39 people, four streets, a bus stop, a barn, a chicken yard, six horses, two cows, three sheep and four hectares (10 acres) of farmland - along with the possibility of temporarily being named deputy mayor. (AP Photo/MTI, Lajos Nagy)

By Associated Press February 25, 2015 2 min read

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – If “king for a day” sounds too majestic, a small Hungarian village will let you become deputy mayor for a few days.

The village of Megyer, population 18, has put itself up for rent to companies and tourists.

For 210,000 forints ($750; 690 euros) a day, a prospective renter gets seven guesthouses that sleep 39 people, four streets, a bus stop, a barn, a chicken yard, six horses, two cows, three sheep and four hectares (10 acres) of farmland – along with the possibility of temporarily being named deputy mayor.

The deal aims to revitalize the hamlet, which dates back to at least the 11th century and is 190 kilometers (120 miles) southwest of Budapest.

Mayor Kristof Pajer said Wednesday that the silence of the remote countryside was its main attraction.