Tolna County

Tolna County Tolna megye  (Hungarian) Komitat Tolnau  (German)
Counties of Hungary
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Transdanubia
County seat	Szekszárd
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Tamás Fehérvári (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	3,703.16 km2 (1,429.80 sq mi)
Area rank	15th in Hungary
Population (2011 census)
• Total	230,361
• Rank	18th in Hungary
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Postal code	702x – 7252, 7352 – 7361
Area code(s)	(+36) 74, 75
ISO 3166 code	HU-TO
Website	www.tolnamegye.hu

Tolna (German: Tolnau), (Latin: Tolnensis) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary and in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér, Bács-Kiskun, and Baranya. The capital of Tolna county is Szekszárd. Its area is 3703 km².

History

Tolna (in Latin: comitatus Tolnensis) was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 225,936 and the population density was 61/km².

Year	County population[1]	Change
1949	275,644	n/a
1960	272,101	-1.29%
1970	258,760	-4.90%
1980	266,273	2.90%
1990	253,675	-4.73%
2001	249,683	-1.57%
2011	230,361	-7.74%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 10,000) and Roma (8,500).

Total population (2011 census): 230,361
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[2] Identified themselves: 214 953 persons:

• Hungarians: 194 685 (90,57%)
• Germans: 10 195 (4,74%)
• Gypsies: 8 768 (4,08%)
• Others and indefinable: 1 305 (0,61%)

Approx. 32,000 persons in Tolna County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[3]

• Catholic – 47.2% (Roman Catholic – 47.1%; Greek Catholic – 0.1%)
• Reformed – 8.0%;
• Evangelical – 3.0%;
• Other religions – 1.1%;
• Non-religious – 15.5%;
• Atheism – 1.0%;
• Undeclared – 24.1%.

Politics

The Tolna County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:^[4]

Municipalities

Cities with county rights

• Szekszárd – county seat; 34,296 (as of 2011)

Towns

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

Gallery

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tolna County.

• Official site in Hungarian and German
• Tolnai Népújság (teol.hu) - The county portal

Coordinates: 46°30′N 18°35′E / 46.500°N 18.583°E / 46.500; 18.583