Hungary - Subdivisions - The Capital and Cities (index)

Last modified: 2023-06-03 by zachary harden
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• Overview
• The Capital (Főváros) and Cities (Like County by Right - Megyei Jogú Város)
• The Counties and the Towns
• Other Municipalities

See also:

• Hungary
• Clickable map of Hungary
• Hungary - Subdivisions (Overview)

Overview

Hungary has 19 counties (Hungarian: megye, plural: megyék) and its capital which has a special status and is not included in any county. Counties divided into 175 districts (Hungarian: járás, plural: járások) and Budapest is also divided into 23 districts (Hungarian: kerület, plural kerületek). A a total, there are 3152 localities (Hungarian: település, plural: települések), which are 346 towns (Hungarian: város, plural: városok;) and 2806 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek). There are 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties (Hungarian: megyei jogú város - town with county rights), and they do not belong to any counties. All county seats (except Budapest) are urban counties, together with 5 other towns having more than 50 thousand population.

The capital (Főváros) and Cities (Like County by Right - Megyei Jogú Város)

Note: The Cities are not part of the counties.

The Capital

• Budapest (23 districts)

The Cities:

• Békéscsaba (Since 1990 - county seat of Békés)
• Debrecen (Since 1990 - county seat of Hajdú-Bihar)
• Dunaújváros (Town since 1951, City since 1990)
• Eger (Since 1990 - county seat of Heves)
• Érd (Since 2006)
• Győr (Since 1990 - county seat of Győr-Moson-Sopron)
• Hódmezővásárhely (Since 1990)
• Kaposvár (Since 1990 - county seat of Somogy)
• Kecskemét (Since 1990 - county seat of Bács-Kiskun)
• Miskolc (Since 1990 - county seat of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén)
• Nagykanizsa (Since 1990)
• Nyíregyháza (Since 1990 - county seat of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg)
• Pécs (Since 1990 - county seat of Baranya)
• Salgótarján (Since 1994 - county seat of Nógrád)
• Sopron (Since 1990)
• Szeged (Since 1990 - county seat of Csongrád)
• Székesfehérvár (Since 1990 - county seat of Fejér)
• Szekszárd (Since 1994 - county seat of Tolna)
• Szolnok (Since 1990 - county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok)
• Szombathely (Since 1990 - county seat of Vas)
• Tatabánya (Town since 1947, City since 1990 - county seat of Komárom-Esztergom)
• Veszprém (Since 1990 - county seat of Veszprém)
• Zalaegerszeg (Since 1990 - county seat of Zala)

Lists edited with the partcipation of István Molnár and Zoltán Turay