Counties of Hungary

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Hungary is subdivided administratively into 43 regions. Of these, 19 are counties (megyék, singular: megye) and 23 are so-called urban counties (i.e., cities with county rights, singular: megyei jogú város), in addition to which there is one capital city (főváros): Budapest.

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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 urban counties which are not county seats:

Érd (Pest county)
Dunaújváros (Fejér county)
Hódmezővásárhely (Csongrád county)
Nagykanizsa (Zala county)
Sopron (Győr-Moson-Sopron county)

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Counties of Hungary
Counties:	Bács-Kiskun \| Baranya \| Békés \| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén \| Csongrád \| Fejér \| Győr-Moson-Sopron \| Hajdú-Bihar \| Heves \| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok \| Komárom-Esztergom \| Nógrád \| Pest \| Somogy \| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg \| Tolna \| Vas \| Veszprém \| Zala
Urban counties:	Békéscsaba \| Debrecen \| Dunaújváros \| Eger \| Érd \| Győr \| Hódmezővásárhely \| Kaposvár \| Kecskemét \| Miskolc \| Nagykanizsa \| Nyíregyháza \| Pécs \| Salgótarján \| Sopron \| Szeged \| Szekszárd \| Székesfehérvár \| Szolnok \| Szombathely \| Tatabánya \| Veszprém \| Zalaegerszeg
Capital:	Budapest
Capital:	See also: Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary; Geography of Hungary