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Pest County Pest megye
Counties of Hungary
Descending, from top: the Börzsöny Mountain in Nagybörzsöny village, landscapes of Vác, and landscapes of Kemence
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Pest County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County seat	Budapest
Districts	18 districts Aszód District Budakeszi District Cegléd District Dabas District Dunakeszi District Érd District Gödöllő District Gyál District Monor District Nagykáta District Nagykőrös District Pilisvörösvár District Ráckeve District Szentendre District Szigetszentmiklós District Szob District Vác District Vecsés District
Government
• President of the General Assembly	István Szabó (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	6,393.14 km2 (2,468.41 sq mi)
Area rank	3rd in Hungary
Population (2015)
• Total	1,226,115[1]
• Rank	1st in Hungary
Postal code	20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53
ISO 3166 code	.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} HU-PE
Website	www.pestmegye.hu

Pest (Hungarian: Pest megye, pronounced [ˈpɛʃt]; German: Komitat Pest) is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér, and Komárom-Esztergom. The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate), but it is planned to completely separate the capital from the county at least until 2020, as it loses catch-up aids from the European Union because of the high development of Budapest.

History

The present county Pest was formed after World War II, when the former county Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun was split in two parts (the other part is within present-day Bács-Kiskun). Pest County also existed in the early days of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary (11th century). Its territory comprised approximately the north-eastern part of present Pest County. It was combined with adjacent Pilis county before the 15th century. More information can be found at the entry of former Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county.

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 1,226,115 and the population density was 192/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
1949	686,953	n/a
1960	781,501	13.76%
1970	878,644	12.43%
1980	973,830	10.83%
1990	949,842	-2.46%
2001	1,083,877	14.11%
2011	1,217,476	12.37%
2015	1,226,115 (record)	0.71%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 25,000), Roma (20,000), Slovaks (6,000), Romanians (4,000) and Serbs (1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 1,217,476

Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3]
Identified themselves: 1,090,882 persons:

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  Hungarians: 1,024,768 (93.94%)


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  Germans: 24,994 (2.29%)


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  Gypsies: 20,065 (1.84%)


• Others and indefinable: 21,055 (1.93%)

Approx. 178,000 persons in Pest County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Catholic – 445,106 (Roman Catholic – 435,717; Greek Catholic – 9,235);


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  Reformed – 134,848;


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  Evangelical – 32,564;


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  Orthodox – 1,796;


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  Judaism – 947;


• Other religions – 26,485;


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  Non-religious – 200,430;


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  Atheism – 19,869;


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  Undeclared – 355,431.

Regional structure

District of Pest County

Politics

The Pest County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 43 counselors, with the following party composition:^[5]

Presidents of the General Assembly

Municipalities

Pest County has 1+(Budapest) urban county, 47 towns, 17 large villages and 122 villages.

City with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

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  Érd (63,631)

Towns

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

Gallery

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  Mailáth Mansion in Törökbálint
  

  
  

  
  


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International relations

Pest County has a partnership relationship with:^[7]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pest County.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Pest County.

External links

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  Official site in Hungarian and English

Coordinates: 47°25′N 19°20′E / 47.417°N 19.333°E / 47.417; 19.333