Counties of Hungary

Hungary

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Hungary is subdivided administratively into 20 regions which are the 19 counties (megyék, singular: megye) and the capital city (főváros): Budapest. These are further subdivided into 173 subregions (kistérségek), with Budapest comprising its own subregion.

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 subdivision	County seat	Area (km²)	Population (2012)	Population density (People/km², 2012)	Municipalities
Budapest	-	525	1,740,041	3,314	23
Bács-Kiskun	Kecskemét	8,445	522,312	62	119
Baranya	Pécs	4,430	388,907	88	301
Békés	Békéscsaba	5,630	357,740	64	75
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	Miskolc	7,247	678,261	94	358
Csongrád	Szeged	4,263	419,366	98	60
Fejér	Székesfehérvár	4,358	425,581	98	108
Győr-Moson-Sopron	Győr	4,208	451,827	107	183
Hajdú-Bihar	Debrecen	6,211	538,037	87	82
Heves	Eger	3,637	305,336	84	121
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	Szolnok	5,582	383,128	69	78
Komárom-Esztergom	Tatabánya	2,264	310,200	137	76
Nógrád	Salgótarján	2,545	198,933	78	131
Pest	Budapest	6,391	1,245,048	195	187
Somogy	Kaposvár	6,036	315,850	52	245
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	Nyíregyháza	5,936	551,871	93	229
Tolna	Szekszárd	3,703	229,116	62	109
Vas	Szombathely	3,336	256,458	77	216
Veszprém	Veszprém	4,493	354,565	79	217
Zala	Zalaegerszeg	3,784	285,154	75	258
Hungary	-	93,030	9,957,731	107	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)

References

Gazetteer of Hungary, 2012

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 Budapest (capital) Debrecen Dunaújváros Eger Érd Győr Hódmezővásárhely Kaposvár Kecskemét Miskolc Nagykanizsa Nyíregyháza Pécs Salgótarján Sopron Szeged Székesfehérvár Szekszárd Szolnok Szombathely Tatabánya Veszprém Zalaegerszeg

First-level administrative divisions in European countries

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia² Austria Azerbaijan¹ Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus² Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia¹ Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan¹ Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia¹ San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey¹ Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia² Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh² Northern Cyprus² South Ossetia² Transnistria

¹ Has part of its territory outside Europe. ² Considered European for cultural, political and historical reasons but is geographically in Western Asia.

Table of administrative divisions by country

Terms for types of administrative territorial entities

English terms

Common English terms¹

Territory

Township
- Charter
- Civil
- Paper
- Survey
- Urban

Unit

Zone

Other English terms

Current	Alpine resort Bailiwick Banner Autonomous Block Cadastre Canton Circle Circuit Colony Commune Condominium Constituency Department Overseas department Division Police division Subdivision Duchy Eldership Federal dependency Governorate Hamlet Manor Royal Neighbourhood Parish Periphery Precinct Principality Protectorate Quarter Regency Autonomous republic Reservation Reserve Riding Sector Autonomous Shire Suzerainty Townland Village Administrative Summer Ward

Historical	Agency Barony Burgh Exarchate Hide Hundred Imperial Circle March Monthon Presidency Residency Roman diocese Seat Tenth Tithing

Non-English or loanwords

Current

Historical

Arabic terms for country subdivisions

First-level	Muhafazah (محافظة governorate) Wilayah (ولاية province) Mintaqah (منطقة region) Mudiriyah (مديرية directorate) Imarah (إمارة emirate) Baladiyah (بلدية municipality) Shabiyah (شعبية "popularate")

Second / third-level	Mintaqah (منطقة region) Qadaa (قضاء district) Nahiyah (ناحية subdistrict) Markaz (مركز district) Mutamadiyah (معتمدية "delegation") Daerah/Daïra (دائرة circle) Liwa (لواء banner / sanjak)

City / township-level	Amanah (أمانة municipality) Baladiyah (بلدية municipality) Ḥai (حي neighborhood / quarter) Mahallah (محلة) Sheyakhah (شياخة "neighborhood subdivision")

English translations given are those most commonly used.

French terms for country subdivisions

arrondissement département préfecture subprefectures

Greek terms for country subdivisions

Modern	apokentroménes dioikíseis / genike dioikesis^§ / diamerisma^§ / periphereia nomos^§ / peripheriake enoteta demos / eparchia^§ / koinoteta^§

Historical	archontia/archontaton bandon demos despotaton dioikesis doukaton droungos eparchia exarchaton katepanikion kephalatikion kleisoura meris naukrareia satrapeia strategis thema toparchia tourma

^§ signifies a defunct institution

Portuguese terms for country subdivisions

Regional subdivisions	Estado Distrito federal Província Região Distrito Comarca Capitania

Local subdivisions	Município Concelho Freguesia Comuna Circunscrição

Setlements	Cidade Vila Aldeia Bairro Lugar

Historical subdivisions in italics.

Slavic terms for country subdivisions

Current	dzielnica gmina krai kraj krajina / pokrajina městys obec oblast / oblast' / oblasti / oblys / obwód / voblast' okręg okres okrug opština / općina / občina / obshtina osiedle powiat / povit raion selsoviet / silrada sołectwo voivodeship / vojvodina županija

Historical	darugha gromada guberniya / gubernia jurydyka khutor obshchina okolia opole pogost prowincja sorok starostwo / starostva uyezd volost ziemia župa

Spanish terms for country subdivisions

National, Federal	Comunidad autónoma Departamento Distrito federal Estado Provincia Región

Regional, Metropolitan	Cantón Comarca Comuna Corregimiento Delegación Distrito Mancomunidad Merindad Municipalidad Municipio Parroquia Ecuador Spain

Urban, Rural	Aldea Alquería Anteiglesia Asentamiento Asentamiento informal Pueblos jóvenes Barrio Campamento Caserío Ciudad Ciudad autónoma Colonia Lugar Masía Población Ranchería Sitio Vereda Villa Village (Pueblito/Pueblo)

Historical subdivisions in italics.

Turkish terms for country subdivisions

Modern	il (province) ilçe (district) belediye (municipality) belde (town) köy (village) mahalle (neighbourhood/quarter)

Historical	ağalık (feudal district) bucak (subdistrict) beylerbeylik (province) eyalet (province) kadılık (sub-province) kaza (sub-province) hidivlik (viceroyalty) mutasarrıflık (sub-province) bucak/nahiye (sub-district) paşalık (province) reya (Romanian principalities) sancak (prefecture) vilayet (sub-province) voyvodalık (sub-province)

¹ Used by ten or more countries. Historical derivations in italics.

Counties of Hungary

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