--- title: You Can Rent the Hungarian Village Megyer description: Megyer Mayor Kristof Pajer says renters could even be made deputy mayor canonical: https://time.com/3722184/hungarian-village-megyer-rent/ author: Olivia B. 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Well, now you can rent a village in the Hungarian countryside, the Associated Press and [_Agence France-Presse_](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/25/entire-hungarian-village-for-rent-includes-horses-cows-and-a-bus-stop)report. The fine print, according to the AP, claims renters will have access to the village of Megyer, including “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.” Mayor Kristof Pajer posted an advertisement online to raise awareness of the struggling economy in Megyer, which, with a population of 18, has practically been deserted as its young people move to Budapest or out of the country the minute they are old enough, [he told AFP](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/25/entire-hungarian-village-for-rent-includes-horses-cows-and-a-bus-stop). 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