Counties of Hungary
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| Counties of Hungary Hungarian: Magyarország megyéi | |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Hungary |
| Created | 1950 (Current form, 19 + Budapest) |
| Number | 19 (as of 1950) |
| Additional status | electoral constituency |
| Populations | 202,427 (Nógrád) – 1,217,476 (Pest) |
| Areas | 2,265 km2 (875 sq mi) (Komárom-Esztergom) – 8,445 km2 (3,261 sq mi) (Bács-Kiskun) |
| Government | County Government, National Government |
| Subdivisions | District Municipality/town/commune/sector |
Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties (megyék, singular: megye) and the capital city (főváros) Budapest. The counties are further subdivided into 174 districts (járások, singular: járás). The capital Budapest is subdivided into 23 districts (kerületek, singular: kerület).
There are 23 towns with county's rights (megyei jogú városok, singular: megyei jogú város), sometimes called urban counties. The local authorities of these towns have extended powers but they are not independent territorial units.
Contents
1 List of counties
1.1 Codes of the counties
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
List of counties
| County | Coat of arms | County seat | Area (km²) | Population (2011) | Population density (people/km², 2011) | Map | No. of district | No. of municipalities |
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Baranya | Pécs | 4429.60 | 386,441 | 87 | 10 | 301 | ||
Bács-Kiskun | Kecskemét | 8445.15 | 520,331 | 62 | 11 | 119 | ||
Békés | Békéscsaba | 5631.05 | 359,948 | 64 | 9 | 75 | ||
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | Miskolc | 7247.17 | 686,266 | 95 | 16 | 358 | ||
Budapest | Municipality of Budapest [note 1] | 525.13 | 1,733,685 | 3301 | 23 | – | ||
Csongrád | Szeged | 4261.74 | 417,456 | 98 | 7 | 60 | ||
Fejér | Székesfehérvár | 4358.76 | 425,847 | 98 | 8 | 108 | ||
Győr-Moson-Sopron | Győr | 4208.05 | 447,985 | 110 | 7 | 183 | ||
Hajdú-Bihar | Debrecen | 6210.56 | 546,721 | 88 | 10 | 82 | ||
Heves | Eger | 3637.25 | 308,882 | 85 | 7 | 121 | ||
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | Szolnok | 5581.71 | 386,594 | 69 | 9 | 78 | ||
Komárom-Esztergom | Tatabánya | 2265.08 | 304,568 | 130 | 6 | 76 | ||
Nógrád | Salgótarján | 2544.18 | 202,427 | 80 | 6 | 131 | ||
Pest | Budapest | 6393.14 | 1,217,476 | 190 | 18 | 187 | ||
Somogy | Kaposvár | 6065.07 | 317,307 | 52 | 8 | 245 | ||
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | Nyíregyháza | 5936.45 | 559,272 | 94 | 13 | 229 | ||
Tolna | Szekszárd | 3703.31 | 230,361 | 62 | 6 | 109 | ||
Vas | Szombathely | 3336.20 | 256,629 | 77 | 7 | 216 | ||
Veszprém | Veszprém | 4463.00 | 351,898 | 79 | 10 | 217 | ||
Zala | Zalaegerszeg | 3784.11 | 282,179 | 75 | 6 | 258 | ||
Hungary | Budapest | 93,030 | 9,937,628 | 107 | 174 | 3176 | ||
There are five towns with county's rights in addition to the county seats:
Érd (Pest county)
Dunaújváros (Fejér county)
Hódmezővásárhely (Csongrád county)
Nagykanizsa (Zala county)
Sopron (Győr-Moson-Sopron county)
Codes of the counties
| County | ISO 3166-2 | NUTS | Phone prefix | Postal code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baranya | .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} HU-BA | HU231 | 69, 72, 73 | 73xx, 75xx – 79xx |
| Bács-Kiskun | HU-BK | HU331 | 76, 77, 78, 79 | 60xx – 65xx |
| Békés | HU-BE | HU332 | 66, 68 | 55xx – 59xx |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | HU-BZ | HU311 | 46, 47, 48, 49 | 34xx – 39xx |
| Budapest | HU-BU | HU101 | 1 | 1xxx |
| Csongrád | HU-CS | HU333 | 62, 63 | 66xx – 69xx |
| Fejér | HU-FE | HU211 | 22, 25 | 206x, 209x, 24xx, 700x – 701x, 7041, 80xx, 811x – 815x |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron | HU-GS | HU221 | 96, 99 | 90xx – 94xx |
| Hajdú-Bihar | HU-HB | HU321 | 52, 54 | 40xx – 422x, 4241 – 4243, 425x – 429x |
| Heves | HU-HE | HU312 | 36, 37 | 300x – 304x, 32xx – 33xx |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | HU-JN | HU322 | 56, 57, 59 | 50xx – 54xx |
| Komárom-Esztergom | HU-KE | HU212 | 33, 34 | 2027 – 2028, 2067, 25xx, 28xx – 29xx |
| Nógrád | HU-NO | HU313 | 32, 35 | 2175 – 2179, 2610, 2611, 2616 – 2619, 264x – 269x, 304x – 31xx |
| Pest | HU-PE | HU102 | 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53 | 20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx |
| Somogy | HU-SO | HU232 | 82, 84, 85 | 7253 – 729x, 74xx – 75xx, 7918, 7977 – 7979, 86xx – 873x, 884x – 885x |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | HU-SZ | HU323 | 42, 44, 45 | 423x, 4244 – 4246, 4267, 43xx – 49xx |
| Tolna | HU-TO | HU233 | 74, 75 | 702x – 7252, 7352 – 7361 |
| Vas | HU-VA | HU222 | 94, 95 | 95xx – 99xx |
| Veszprém | HU-VE | HU213 | 87, 88, 89 | 810x, 816x – 819x, 830x – 8352, 84xx – 85xx |
| Zala | HU-ZA | HU223 | 83, 92, 93 | 8353 – 839x, 874x – 879x, 880x – 883x, 8855, 8856, 886x – 889x, 89xx |
See also
Hungary |
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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Hungary |
Constitution
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Executive
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Parliament
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Recent elections
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Administrative divisions
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Foreign relations |
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- Regions of Hungary
Districts of Hungary (from 2013) – Subregions of Hungary (until 2013)- Ranked list of Hungarian counties
- List of cities and towns of Hungary
- NUTS:HU
Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (until 1918)
- Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary
- Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (1941–44)
Notes
^ Budapest is not a county, but a municipality that has an identical administrative status to all the other 19 counties.
References
- Gazetteer of Hungary, 2012
