Hungary is subdivided administratively into 20 regions which are the 19 counties (megyék, singular: megye) and the capital city (főváros): Budapest. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, These are further subdivided into 173 subregions (kistérségek), with Budapest comprising its own subregion. |||} The counties and the capital city of Hungary are subdivided into 173 subregions ( kistérségek, sing
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.
| Name of county |
County seat |
Area
(km²) |
Population |
Population
density |
Towns/
villages |
|
|
| Bács-Kiskun |
Kecskemét |
8,445 |
541,584 |
64 |
119 |
| Baranya |
Pécs |
4,430 |
402,260 |
91 |
301 |
| Békés |
Békéscsaba |
5,631 |
392,845 |
70 |
75 |
| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Miskolc |
7,247 |
739,143 |
102 |
355 |
| Csongrád |
Szeged |
4,263 |
425,785 |
100 |
60 |
| Fejér |
Székesfehérvár |
4,359 |
428,579 |
98 |
108 |
| Győr-Moson-Sopron |
Győr |
4,208 |
440,138 |
105 |
182 |
| Hajdú-Bihar |
Debrecen |
6,211 |
550,265 |
89 |
82 |
| Heves |
Eger |
3,637 |
323,769 |
89 |
119 |
| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Szolnok |
5,582 |
413,174 |
74 |
75 |
| Komárom-Esztergom |
Tatabánya |
2,265 |
315,886 |
139 |
76 |
| Nógrád |
Salgótarján |
2,546 |
218,218 |
86 |
129 |
| Pest |
Budapest |
6,393 |
1,124,395 |
176 |
186 |
| Somogy |
Kaposvár |
6,036 |
334,065 |
55 |
244 |
| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Nyíregyháza |
5,936 |
583,564 |
98 |
228 |
| Tolna |
Szekszárd |
3,703 |
247,287 |
67 |
108 |
| Vas |
Szombathely |
3,336 |
266,342 |
80 |
216 |
| Veszprém |
Veszprém |
4,493 |
368,519 |
82 |
217 |
| Zala |
Zalaegerszeg |
3,784 |
269,705 |
78 |
257 |
There are five towns with county's rights in addition to the county seats:
See also
Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Politics of Hungary takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Hungary is For Heads of State in the Kingdom of Hungary, see List of Hungarian rulers. László Sólyom (ˈlaːsloː ˈʃoːjom) (born on January 3 1942) is the President of Hungary, having overcome the governing Hungarian List of Heads of Government of Hungary (1848-Present Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Prime Ministers Count Lajos Batthyány (ˈfɛrɛnts ˈɟurtʃaːɲ born in Pápa, June 4, 1961) is the Prime Minister of Hungary. The National Assembly of Hungary ( Országgyűlés) is the national Parliament of Hungary. Political parties in Hungary lists political parties in Hungary. The Fidesz &ndash Hungarian Civic Union (in Hungarian: Fidesz &ndash Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a large centre-right conservative and Christian The Hungarian Democratic Forum ( Hungarian: Magyar Demokrata Fórum) or MDF is a Centre-right, Liberal Conservative, and Christian The Hungarian Socialist Party ( Hungarian: Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP is a Social Democratic party in Hungary. The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party ( Hungarian: Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége – a Magyar Liberális Párt, abbreviation SZDSZ Political parties in Hungary lists political parties in Hungary. The Constitutional Court of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság Alkotmánybírósága is a Supreme court of Hungary, the other being the Supreme Court of Hungary Elections in Hungary are held at two levels general elections to elect the 386 members of the National Assembly, and local elections to elect local authorities The 1990 Hungarian general election was the first free election to be held in the country since 1945. The 1994 Hungarian general election was held in two round in May 1994. The results of the Hungarian parliamentary election of 1998 are as follows The election was a significant defeat for the governing Socialist Party and their coalition allies The results of the Hungarian parliamentary election of 2002 are as follows The schedule of the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary elections, as announced by President László Sólyom was as follows first round on April There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI |||} The counties and the capital city of Hungary are subdivided into 173 subregions ( kistérségek, sing Hungary has 3152 localities as of January 1, 2008: 298 towns (Hungarian term város, plural városok; the terminology doesn't distinguish The European Union is a unique entity possessing elements of Intergovernmentalism, Supranationalism and a Multi-party Parliamentary democracy Except for the short-lived neutrality declared by the Anti-Soviet leader Imre Nagy in November 1956 Hungary 's foreign policy generally followed the Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Bács-Kiskun is a county ( megye in Hungarian; baːtʃ kiʃkun located in southern Hungary. Kecskemét (kɛtʃkɛmet (approximate pronunciation Kech-ke-mate is a city in the central part of Hungary. Baranya ( Croatian: Baranja, Serbian: Барања Baranja, German: Branau) is the name of an administrative county ( Pécs, (IPA, approximate pronunciation Pitch known by alternative names) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country close For the historical county see Békés (former county Békés County (Békés megye is an administrative division ( county or megye Békéscsaba ( Slovak: Békešská Čaba) is a city and urban county in Southeast Hungary, the capital of the county Békés. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (borʃod ɒbɒuːj zɛmpleːn is the name of an administrative county ( Comitatus or megye in north-eastern Hungary (commonly Miskolc (miʃkolts approximate pronunciation "Me-shkolts" in Slovak Miškovec, in Polish Miszkolc) is a city in North-East This article is about the county For the town see Csongrád. For the historical comitatus see Csongrád (former county. Szeged ( (approximate pronunciation Seg-ed (known also by alternative names) is the fourth largest City of Hungary, the Regional centre For the historical county see Fejér (former county. For the mathematician of the same name see Lipót Fejér Fejér Székesfehérvár (ˈseːkɛʃfɛˈheːrvaːr, colloquial Fehérvár Stuhlweißenburg İstolni Belgrad is a city in central Hungary, located around southwest of Győr-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county ( Comitatus or megye in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria Győr (ˈɟøːr, known under alternative names) is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county and lies Hajdú-Bihar is an administrative county ( Comitatus or megye in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. Debrecen, (approximate pronunciation Deb-ret-sen known by alternative names) is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. This article is about the current administrative entity called Heves county Eger is also the German name for the Czech town of This article is about the modern county for the historical one see Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (former county. Szolnok (approximate pronunciation Solnok is the capital of the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok in central Hungary. Komárom-Esztergom is the name of an administrative county ( Comitatus or megye in northern Hungary, on the border with Slovakia. Tatabánya is a city of 70636 inhabitants in north-western Hungary, in the Northern Transdanubian region Nógrád is an administrative county ( comitatus or megye in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Salgótarján (approximate pronunciation shal-gow-tahr-yaan) is a city with county rights in Nógrád county north-eastern Hungary. Pest County (pɛʃt is a County ( megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6394 km², and has a population of 1077300 (2003 Budapest ( also /ˈbʊ-/) is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary it serves as the country's principal Political, Somogy is the name of an administrative county ( Comitatus or megye in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Kaposvár ( Croatian: Kapošvar Kapuš(ar Kapušvar, German: Kopisch Ruppertsberg Ruppertsburg, Turkish: Kapoşvar Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg is an administrative county (Hungarian megye) in north-eastern Hungary, bordering Slovakia, Ukraine Nyíregyháza (IPA /ɲireɟhazɒ/ approximate pronunciation "nyee-rayd'y-haa-zoh" is a city in North-east Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Tolna is the name of an administrative county ( comitatus or megye in present Hungary and in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Szekszárd ( Croatian: Seksar) is a city in Hungary and the capital of Tolna county Vas ( German: Eisenburg, Slovenian Železna županija) is the name of an administrative county ( Comitatus or megye in present Szombathely, (pronounced sombɒthɛj known by alternative names) is a city in Hungary. For the historical county see Veszprém (former county. Veszprém (in Slovak Vesprím) is the name of an administrative county Veszprém ( German: Weißbrunn, Croatian: Vesprim Besprim Slovak: Vesprím, Serbian: Vesprim Zala is the name of an administrative county ( Comitatus or megye in Hungary. Zalaegerszeg (Jagarsek Egersee is the administrative center of Zala county in western Hungary. Érd ( German: Hanselbeck, Croatian: Andzabeg, Hamzabey is an urban county in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan Dunaújváros ( Dunapentele, 1951&ndash1961 Sztálinváros; Croatian: Pantel(ija) is a city in Central Hungary, along the Hódmezővásárhely (pronounced, Croatian: Vašarhelj) is a city in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting Nagykanizsa (Kaniža Надканижа, Großkirchen Groß-Kanizsa Kanije Велика Кањижа Velika Kanjiža) is a medium-sized city Zala County For the historical county in the Kingdom of Hungary named Sopron / Ödenburg Sopron (county. There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI |||} The counties and the capital city of Hungary are subdivided into 173 subregions ( kistérségek, sing List of Hungarian County seats Bács-Kiskun - Kecskemét Baranya - Pécs Békés - The following lists show the administrative divisions of the lands belonging to the Hungarian crown (1000 -1918 at selected points of time Hungary has 3152 localities as of January 1, 2008: 298 towns (Hungarian term város, plural városok; the terminology doesn't distinguish
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