Regions of Hungary
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There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI. The regional division is expected to replace the present 20 administrative division into 19 counties and the capital city. Regions are grouppings of these units.
Name of the region | Regional centre | Area (km²) |
Population | Density (/km²) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Northern Hungary | Miskolc | 13.428 | 1.289.000 | 96 |
Northern Great Plain | Debrecen | 17.749 | 1.554.000 | 88 |
Southern Great Plain | Szeged | 18.339 | 1.367.000 | 75 |
Central Hungary | Budapest | 6919 | 2.825.000 | 408 |
Central Transdanubia | Székesfehérvár | 11.237 | 1.114.000 | 99 |
Western Transdanubia | Győr | 11.209 | 1.004.000 | 90 |
Southern Transdanubia | Pécs | 14.169 | 989.000 | 70 |
- Northern Hungary includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád.
- Northern Great Plain includes the counties Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.
- Southern Great Plain includes the counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád.
- Central Hungary includes the county of Pest and the capital Budapest.
- Central Transdanubia includes the counties Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér and Veszprém.
- Western Transdanubia includes the counties Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala.
- Southern Transdanubia includes the counties Baranya, Somogy and Tolna.
[edit] Euroregions
Hungary belongs into the following euroregions:
- Carpathian Euroregion: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Heves
- West Pannonia Euroregion: Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas, Zala
- Danube-Drava-Sava: Baranya
- Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (DKMT): Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
- Ister-Granum Euroregion: Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád
(Counties sometimes only roughly correspond to euroregions, so overlap is possible.)