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Encyclopedia > Regions of Hungary

The seven statistical regions of Hungary were created in 1999 with the Law 1999/XCII which is the amendment of modification Law 1996/XXI. The regional division is expected to replace the former administrational divisions, the 19 counties.

Name of the region Regional centre Area
(km²)
Population Density
(/km²)
Northern Hungary Miskolc 13.428 1.289.000 96
Northern Great Plain Debrecen 17.749 1.554.000 88
Southern Great Plain Szeged 18.339 1.367.000 75
Central Hungary Budapest 6919 2.825.000 408
Central Transdanubia Székesfehérvár 11.237 1.114.000 99
Western Transdanubia Győr 11.209 1.004.000 90
Southern Transdanubia Pécs 14.169 989.000 70

Northern Hungary includes the former counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád and the urban counties Miskolc, Eger and Salgótarján. Image File history File links RegionsHungary. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... Northern Hungary is the name of a region in Hungary. ... Miskolc â–¶(?) (IPA: , approximate pronunciaton: Mishkolts; in Slovak MiÅ¡kovec, in Polish Miszkolc) is a city in North-East Hungary, mainly with heavy industrial background. ... Debrecen â–¶(?) (approximate pronunciation: deh-breh-tsen, DebreÅ£in in Romanian, Debrecín in Slovak, Debreczyn in Polish) is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. ... Votive Church Szeged listen â–¶(?) (in Serbian Segedin, in Polish Segedyn, in Romanian Seghedin, in Slovak Segedín) is the fourth largest city of Hungary, the regional centre of South-Eastern Hungary and the capital of Csongrád county. ... Nickname: Pearl or Queen of the Danube Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... Székesfehérvár listen â–¶(?) (in Latin: Alba Regia; in colloquial speech Fehérvár) is a city in central Hungary, located around 65 km southwest of Budapest. ... GyÅ‘r listen [â–¶]help (German: Raab, Slovak: Ráb) is the most important city of Northwest-Hungary, the capital of GyÅ‘r-Moson-Sopron county and lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe, halfway between Budapest and Vienna. ... Pécs   listen? (Croatian: Pečuh, German: Fünfkirchen, Slovak: Päťkostolie, Turkish: Peçuy) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country. ... Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (commonly abbreviated as BAZ county) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called Northern Hungary), on the border with Slovakia. ... This article is about the county. ... Nógrád an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Miskolc â–¶(?) (IPA: , approximate pronunciaton: Mishkolts; in Slovak MiÅ¡kovec, in Polish Miszkolc) is a city in North-East Hungary, mainly with heavy industrial background. ... Eger is a large chicken. ... Salgótarján (approximate pronunciation: shal-gow-tahr-yaan) is a city with county rights in Nógrád county, north-eastern Hungary. ...


Northern Great Plain includes the former counties Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg and the urban counties Debrecen, Szolnok and Nyíregyháza. Hajdú-Bihar is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. ... Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-eastern Hungary, on the border with Slovakia, Ukraine and Romania. ... Debrecen â–¶(?) (approximate pronunciation: deh-breh-tsen, DebreÅ£in in Romanian, Debrecín in Slovak, Debreczyn in Polish) is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. ... Szolnok is the capital of the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. ... Nyíregyháza  listen (IPA: /ɲireÉŸhazÉ’/; approximate pronunciation: nyee-redy-haa-zah) is a city in North-east Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. ...


Southern Great Plain includes the former counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád and the urban counties Kecskemét, Békéscsaba, Szeged and Hódmezővásárhely. Bács-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the border with Serbia. ... Békés county is an administrative division (comitatus or megye) in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. ... This article is about the county. ... Kecskemét is a city in the central part of Hungary. ... Békéscsaba (Romanian: BichiÅŸciaba; Slovakian: Békéšska ÄŒaba) is an urban county in Southeast Hungary, the capital of the county Békés. ... Votive Church Szeged listen â–¶(?) (in Serbian Segedin, in Polish Segedyn, in Romanian Seghedin, in Slovak Segedín) is the fourth largest city of Hungary, the regional centre of South-Eastern Hungary and the capital of Csongrád county. ... HódmezÅ‘vásárhely  listen is a town in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the River Theiss (Hungarian: Tisza). ...


Central Hungary includes the former county Pest and the capital Budapest. Pest is the name of a county (megye) in central Hungary. ... Nickname: Pearl or Queen of the Danube Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ...


Central Transdanubia includes the former counties Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér and Veszprém and the urban counties Tatabánya, Székesfehérvár and Veszprém. Komárom-Esztergom is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in northern Hungary, on the border with Slovakia. ... Fejér is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Veszprém (in Slovak Vesprím) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Tatabánya is a city with county rights in Hungary in the Northern Transdanubian region. ... Székesfehérvár listen â–¶(?) (in Latin: Alba Regia; in colloquial speech Fehérvár) is a city in central Hungary, located around 65 km southwest of Budapest. ... Veszprém (in Slovak Vesprím) is a city with county rights in western Hungary. ...


Western Transdanubia includes the former counties Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala, and the urban counties Győr, Sopron, Szombathely, Zalaegerszeg and Nagykanizsa. GyÅ‘r-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria. ... VAS (short for Virtual Address Space) is a memory mapping mechanism available in modern operating systems such as OpenVMS, Unix, Linux, and Windows NT. Overview When you run an application on a 32-bit OS, the OS creates a new process for it. ... Zala is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... GyÅ‘r listen [â–¶]help (German: Raab, Slovak: Ráb) is the most important city of Northwest-Hungary, the capital of GyÅ‘r-Moson-Sopron county and lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe, halfway between Budapest and Vienna. ... Sopron (pronounced shop-ron), historically also known by the German name Ödenburg, is the name of a town in Hungary. ... Szombathely (Latin Savaria/Sabaria, German Steinamanger, Slovenian Sombotel) is a city in Hungary. ... Zalaegerszeg   listen? is the capital city of county Zala, Hungary. ... Nagykanizsa, also known as Kanizsa, is a medium-sized city in Southwest Hungary, in the county of Zala. ...


Southern Transdanubia includes the former counties Baranya, Somogy and Tolna and the urban counties Pécs, Kaposvár and Szekszárd. Baranya (Hungarian, in Croatian and Serbian: Baranja) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Somogy is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Tolna is the name of a county (megye) in Hungary. ... Pécs   listen? (Croatian: Pečuh, German: Fünfkirchen, Slovak: Päťkostolie, Turkish: Peçuy) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country. ... Kaposvár (German Kopisch, Ruppertsberg, Ruppertsburg, Turkish KapoÅŸvar) is the capital of the county of Somogy in Hungary. ... Szekszárd is a town in Hungary and the capital of Tolna county. ...


Euroregions

Hungary belongs into the following euroregions: In European politics, a Euroregion is a form of transfrontier co-operation structure between two (or more) European countries. ...

  • Carpathian euroregion: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Heves
  • West Pannonia Euroregion: Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas
  • Danube-Drava-Sava: Baranya
  • Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (DKMT): Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
  • Ister-Granum Euroregion: Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád

(Counties sometimes only roughly correspond to euroregions, so overlap is possible.) Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (commonly abbreviated as BAZ county) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called Northern Hungary), on the border with Slovakia. ... Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-eastern Hungary, on the border with Slovakia, Ukraine and Romania. ... Hajdú-Bihar is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. ... Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Heves is the name of: an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, an administrative county in the former Kingdom of Hungary, a town in Hungary. ... GyÅ‘r-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria. ... VAS (short for Virtual Address Space) is a memory mapping mechanism available in modern operating systems such as OpenVMS, Unix, Linux, and Windows NT. Overview When you run an application on a 32-bit OS, the OS creates a new process for it. ... Baranya (Hungarian, in Croatian and Serbian: Baranja) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... map of DKMT Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (Romanian: Dunare-Criş-Mureş-Tisa, Hungarian: Duna-Körös-Maros-Tisza, Serbian: Dunav-Kriš-Moriš-Tisa) is a euroregion located in Hungary, Romania and Serbia. ... Bács-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the border with Serbia. ... This article is about the town. ... Csongrád is a town in Csongrád county, Hungary. ... Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Komárom-Esztergom is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in northern Hungary, on the border with Slovakia. ... Nógrád is an administrative county (comitatus or megye), in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ...


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