List of cities and towns in Hungary

Towns and villages in Hungary

Hungary has 3152 localities as of July 1, 2009. 328 towns (Hungarian term: város, plural: városok; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2824 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The Capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties (megyei jogú város – town with county rights). All county seats except Budapest are urban counties, together with 5 other towns having more than 50 thousand population.

Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development.[1]

The largest city is the capital, Budapest, the smallest town is Pálháza with 1038 inhabitants (2010). The largest village is Solymár (population: 10,123 as of 2010) There are more than 100 villages with fewer than 100 inhabitants while the smallest villages have fewer than 20 inhabitants.

Largest cities in Hungary

Over 100,000 (big cities)

Name Population (1949) Top population Population (2013) Metropolitan area Status
Budapest1,590,3162,059,226 (1980)1,735,711Increase(2013)2,503,105 (2009)Capital city
Debrecen115,399212,235 (1990)204,333Decrease (2013)237,888 (2005)Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Miskolc109,841208,103 (1980)162,905Decrease (2013)216,470 (2005)Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Szeged104,867 169,930 (1990)161,837Decrease (2013)201,307 (2005)Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Pécs89,470170,039 (1990)147,719Decrease (2013)179,215 (2005)Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Győr69,583131,564 (2012)128,567Decrease (2013)182,776 (2005)Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Nyíregyháza56,334119,852 (2011)118,185Decrease (2013)-County seat, urban county
Kecskemét61,730111,863 (2013)111,863Increase (2013)-County seat, urban county
Székesfehérvár42,260108,958 (1990)99,247Decrease (2013)-Regional centre, county seat, urban county

50,000–100,000 (medium-sized cities)

Name Population (1949) Top population Population (2012) Metropolitan area Status
Szombathely47,58985,617(1990)79,348Decrease-County seat, urban county
Szolnok37,52078,328 (1990)74,341Decrease-County seat, urban county
Tatabánya40,22175,921 (1980)70,003Decrease-County seat, urban county
Kaposvár37,94572,377 (1980)67,686Decrease-County seat, urban county
Érd16,44465,277 (2012)65,277IncreaseBudapestUrban county
Veszprém20,68264,024 (2012)64,024Increase-County seat, urban county
Békéscsaba44,05368,044 (1980)63,752Decrease-County seat, urban county
Zalaegerszeg21,66862,121 (1990)61,390Increase-County seat, urban county
Sopron36,50661,849 (2012)61,849Increase-Urban county
Eger32,35261,892 (1990)56,166Decrease-County seat, urban county
Nagykanizsa33,15854,052 (1990)50,101Decrease-Urban county

30,000–50,000 (towns)

Name Population Metropolitan area Status County
Dunaújváros48,010Decrease-Urban countyFejér
Hódmezővásárhely46,522Decrease-Urban countyCsongrád
Dunakeszi40,334IncreaseBudapestPest
Cegléd37,778Increase-Pest
Baja37,330Decrease-Bács-Kiskun
Salgótarján36,467Decrease-County seat, urban countyNógrád
Szigetszentmiklós34,877IncreaseBudapestPest
Vác34,810IncreaseBudapestPest
Gödöllő34,172IncreaseBudapestPest
Ózd33,750Decrease-Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Szekszárd33,311Decrease-County seat, urban countyTolna
Mosonmagyaróvár32,720Increase-Győr-Moson-Sopron
Gyöngyös32,385Decrease-Heves
Pápa32,052Decrease-Veszprém
Gyula31,679Increase-Békés
Hajdúböszörmény31,306Decrease-Hajdú-Bihar
Esztergom30,434Increase-Komárom-Esztergom
Kiskunfélegyháza30,305Decrease-Bács-Kiskun

All other towns in Hungary

20,000-29,999

10,000-19,999

5,000-9,999

-4,999

References

  1. ↑ http://portal.ksh.hu/portal/page?_pageid=37,412178&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL#sett

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