Counties of Hungary

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Counties of Hungary Magyarország megyéi (Hungarian)

Category	Unitary State
Location	Republic of Hungary
Number	19
Populations	202,427 (Nógrád) – 1,217,476 (Pest)
Areas	2,265 km² (875 sq mi) (Komárom-Esztergom) – 8,445 km² (3,261 sq mi) (Bács-Kiskun)
Government	County Government, National Government
Subdivisions	District

Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties (megyék, singular: megye) and the capital city (főváros) Budapest. The counties are further subdivided into 174 districts (járások, singular: járás). The capital Budapest is subdivided into 23 districts (kerületek, singular: kerület).

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.

List of counties

**Hungarian counties**
County	County seat	Area (km²)	Population (2011)	Population density (people/km², 2011)	No. of district	No. of municipalities
Baranya	Pécs	4429.60	386,441	87	10	301
Bács-Kiskun	Kecskemét	8445.15	520,331	62	11	119
Békés	Békéscsaba	5631.05	359,948	64	9	75
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	Miskolc	7247.17	686,266	95	16	358
Budapest	Municipality of Budapest ^{[note 1]}	525,13	1,733,685	3301	23	–
Csongrád	Szeged	4261.74	417,456	98	7	60
Fejér	Székesfehérvár	4358.76	425,847	98	8	108
Győr-Moson-Sopron	Győr	4208.05	447,985	110	7	183
Hajdú-Bihar	Debrecen	6210.56	546,721	88	10	82
Heves	Eger	3637.25	308,882	85	7	121
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	Szolnok	5581.71	386,594	69	9	78
Komárom-Esztergom	Tatabánya	2265.08	304,568	130	6	76
Nógrád	Salgótarján	2544.18	202,427	80	6	131
Pest	Budapest	6393.14	1,217,476	190	18	187
Somogy	Kaposvár	6065.07	317,307	52	8	245
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	Nyíregyháza	5936.45	559,272	94	13	229
Tolna	Szekszárd	3703.31	230,361	62	6	109
Vas	Szombathely	3336.20	256,629	77	7	216
Veszprém	Veszprém	4463.00	351,898	79	10	217
Zala	Zalaegerszeg	3784.11	282,179	75	6	258

Hungary	Budapest	93,030	9,937,628	107	174	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)

Economy of the counties

Source: Knoema

Name	GDP, million of EUR (2012)	GDP, per capita EUR (2012)	GDP per cap., % of EU average	Unemployment rate (age 15 or over), %^[1]
Baranya	2,477	6,500	25	8,3
Bács-Kiskun	3,621	7,000	26	7,4
Békés	2,039	5,600	21	7,5
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	4,215	6,100	23	7,2
Budapest	37,633	21,700	82	4,9
Csongrád	3,059	7,400	28	6,4
Fejér	3,931	9,300	35	3,4
Győr-Moson-Sopron	5,141	11,500	44	3,3
Hajdú-Bihar	3,979	7,300	28	9,3
Heves	2,010	6,500	25	6,0
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	2,489	6,400	24	8,0
Komárom-Esztergom	3,059	10,100	38	4,9
Nógrád	880	4,400	16	8,9
Pest	10,062	8,300	31	4,4
Somogy	2,002	6,300	24	8,4
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	3,050	5,400	20	12,6
Tolna	1,777	7,700	29	7,3
Vas	2,399	9,400	35	3,7
Veszprém	2,484	7,000	27	3,7
Zala	2,393	8,500	32	3,6

Codes of the counties

County	ISO 3166-2	NUTS	Phone prefix	Postal code
Baranya	HU-BA	HU231	69, 72, 73	73xx, 75xx – 79xx
Bács-Kiskun	HU-BK	HU331	76, 77, 78, 79	60xx – 65xx
Békés	HU-BE	HU332	66, 68	55xx – 59xx
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	HU-BZ	HU311	46, 47, 48, 49	34xx – 39xx
Budapest	HU-BU	HU101	1	1xxx
Csongrád	HU-CS	HU333	62, 63	66xx – 69xx
Fejér	HU-FE	HU211	22, 25	206x, 209x, 24xx, 700x – 701x, 7041, 80xx, 811x – 815x
Győr-Moson-Sopron	HU-GS	HU221	96, 99	90xx – 94xx
Hajdú-Bihar	HU-HB	HU321	52, 54	40xx – 422x, 4241 – 4243, 425x – 429x
Heves	HU-HE	HU312	36, 37	300x – 304x, 32xx – 33xx
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	HU-JN	HU322	56, 57, 59	50xx – 54xx
Komárom-Esztergom	HU-KE	HU212	33, 34	2027 – 2028, 2067, 25xx, 28xx – 29xx
Nógrád	HU-NO	HU313	32, 35	2175 – 2179, 2610, 2611, 2616 – 2619, 264x – 269x, 304x – 31xx
Pest	HU-PE	HU102	23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53	20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx
Somogy	HU-SO	HU232	82, 84, 85	7253 – 729x, 74xx – 75xx, 7918, 7977 – 7979, 86xx – 873x, 884x – 885x
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	HU-SZ	HU323	42, 44, 45	423x, 4244 – 4246, 4267, 43xx – 49xx
Tolna	HU-TO	HU233	74, 75	702x – 7252, 7352 – 7361
Vas	HU-VA	HU222	94, 95	95xx – 99xx
Veszprém	HU-VE	HU213	87, 88, 89	810x, 816x – 819x, 830x – 8352, 84xx – 85xx
Zala	HU-ZA	HU223	83, 92, 93	8353 – 839x, 874x – 879x, 880x – 883x, 8855, 8856, 886x – 889x, 89xx

Notes

↑ Budapest is not a county, but a municipality that has an identical administrative status to all the other 19 counties.

References

Gazetteer of Hungary, 2012

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Counties (megyék) of Hungary
Baranya Bács-Kiskun 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

First-level administrative divisions in European countries
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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

Designations for types of administrative territorial entities

English terms

Common English terms¹

Overseas country

Department

Overseas department

Capital territory
- Federal capital territory
Dependent territory
Federal territory
Military territory
Organized incorporated territory
Overseas territory
Union territory
Unorganized territory

Town

Township

Unit

Zone

Other English terms
Current	Alpine resort Bailiwick Banner Autonomous Block Cadastre Circle Circuit Colony Commune Condominium Constituency Duchy Eldership Emirate Federal dependency Governorate Hamlet Ilkhanate Indian reservation Manor Royal Muftiate Neighbourhood Parish Periphery Precinct Principality Protectorate Quarter Regency Autonomous republic Riding Sector Autonomous Shire Sultanate 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) Qarya (قرية) 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	apokentromenes dioikiseis / geniki dioikisis^§ / diamerisma^§ / periphereia nomos^§ / periphereiaki enotita demos / eparchia^§ / koinotita^§
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 srez 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 Pedanía Población Ranchería Sitio Vereda Villa Village (Pueblito/Pueblo)
Historical subdivisions in italics.

Turkish terms for country subdivisions
Modern	il (province) ilçe (district) şehir (city) kasaba (town) belediye (municipality) belde (community) köy (village) mahalle (neighbourhood/quarter)
Historical	ağalık (feudal district) bucak (subdistrict) beylerbeylik (province) kadılık (subprovince) kaza (sub-province) hidivlik (viceroyalty) mutasarrıflık (subprovince) nahiye (nahiyah) paşalık (province) reya (Romanian principalities) sancak (prefecture) vilayet (province) voyvodalık (Romanian provinces)

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

↑ Unemployment rate 2014-15 (KSH)

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