counties of Hungary

{{Short description|First-level administrative divisions of Hungary}}

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{{native name|hu|Magyarország vármegyéi}}

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| start_date = 1950 (current form, 19 + Budapest)

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| population_range = 189,304 (Nógrád) – 1,278,874 (Pest)

| area_range = {{Convert|2,265|sqkm|abbr=on}} (Komárom-Esztergom) – {{Convert|8,445|sqkm|abbr=on}} (Bács-Kiskun)

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Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties (vármegyék, singular: vármegye) 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).[http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2019.pdf?lang=hu Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2019], Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, 2019, ISSN 1217-2952, retrieved 8 August 2021.

There are 25 cities with county 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.

The current system of counties has evolved from medieval fiefdoms of the Kingdom of Hungary; each fiefdom was ruled from a castle (Hungarian: vár). Between 1950 and 2022, the counties of Hungary were officially called megyék (singular: megye). On 1 January 2023, the original historical name vármegye was officially restored.

List of counties

File:Magyarország megyéi.jpg

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|+style="text-align:center"|Hungarian counties

County

!class="unsortable| Coat of
arms

! County seat

!Region

! Area
(km²)

! Population
(2019)

! Population density
(people/km², 2019)

! Map

! No. of
district

! No. of
municipalities

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Baranya}}

|align="center"| 48px

| Pécs

|Southern Transdanubia

| align="right" | 4429.60

|align="center"| 360,704

|align="center"| 81

|File:HU county Baranya.svg

|align="center"| 10

|align="center"| 301

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Bács-Kiskun}}

|align="center"| 45px

| Kecskemét

|Southern Great Plain

| align="right" | 8444.89

|align="center"| 503,825

|align="center"| 60

|File:HU county Bacs-Kiskun.svg

|align="center"| 11

|align="center"| 119

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Békés}}

|align="center"| 50px

| Békéscsaba

|Southern Great Plain

| align="right" | 5629.71

|align="center"| 334,264

|align="center"| 59

|File:HU county Bekes.svg

|align="center"| 9

|align="center"| 75

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén}}

|align="center"| 45px

| Miskolc

|Northern Hungary

| align="right" | 7247.19

|align="center"| 642,447

|align="center"| 89

|File:HU county Borsod Abauj Zemplen.svg

|align="center"| 16

|align="center"| 358

style="background:#dcc;"

!scope=row; align="left"| Budapest

|align="center"| 50px

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

|Central Hungary

| align="right" | 525.14

|align="center"| 1,752,286

|align="center"| 3337

|File:HU capital Budapest.svg

|align="center"| 23

|align="center"| –

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Csongrád-Csanád}}

|align="center"| 50px

| Szeged

|Southern Great Plain

| align="right" | 4262.79

|align="center"| 399,012

|align="center"| 94

|File:HU county Csongrad.svg

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| 60

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Fejér}}

|align="center"| 45px

| Székesfehérvár

|Central Transdanubia

| align="right" | 4358.48

|align="center"| 417,712

|align="center"| 96

|File:HU county Fejer.svg

|align="center"| 8

|align="center"| 108

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Győr-Moson-Sopron}}

|align="center"| 40px

| Győr

|Western Transdanubia

| align="right" | 4207.79

|align="center"| 467,144

|align="center"| 111

|File:HU county Gyor-Moson-Sopron.svg

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| 183

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Hajdú-Bihar}}

|align="center"| 55px

| Debrecen

|Northern Great Plain

| align="right" | 6210.39

|align="center"| 527,989

|align="center"| 85

|File:HU county Hajdu-Bihar.svg

|align="center"| 10

|align="center"| 82

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Heves}}

|align="center"| 45px

| Eger

|Northern Hungary

| align="right" | 3637.17

|align="center"| 294,609

|align="center"| 81

|File:HU county Heves.svg

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| 121

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok}}

|align="center"| 50px

| Szolnok

|Northern Great Plain

| align="right" | 5581.63

|align="center"| 370,007

|align="center"| 66

|File:HU county Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok.svg

|align="center"| 9

|align="center"| 78

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Komárom-Esztergom}}

|align="center"| 53px

| Tatabánya

|Central Transdanubia

| align="right" | 2264.35

|align="center"| 299,207

|align="center"| 132

|File:HU county Komarom-Esztergom.svg

|align="center"| 6

|align="center"| 76

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Nógrád}}

|align="center"| 50px

| Salgótarján

|Northern Hungary

| align="right" | 2544.48

|align="center"| 189,304

|align="center"| 74

|File:HU county Nograd.svg

|align="center"| 6

|align="center"| 131

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Pest}}

|align="center"| 48px

| Budapest

|Central Hungary

| align="right" | 6391.18

|align="center"| 1,278,874

|align="center"| 200

|File:HU county Pest.svg

|align="center"| 18

|align="center"| 187

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Somogy}}

|align="center"| 45px

| Kaposvár

|Southern Transdanubia

| align="right" | 6065.06

|align="center"| 301,429

|align="center"| 50

|File:HU county Somogy.svg

|align="center"| 8

|align="center"| 245

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg}}

|align="center"| 55px

| Nyíregyháza

|Northern Great Plain

| align="right" | 5935.92

|align="center"| 552,964

|align="center"| 93

|File:HU county Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg.svg

|align="center"| 13

|align="center"| 229

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Tolna}}

|align="center"| 55px

| Szekszárd

|Southern Transdanubia

| align="right" | 3703.20

|align="center"| 217,463

|align="center"| 59

|File:HU county Tolna.svg

|align="center"| 6

|align="center"| 109

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Vas}}

|align="center"| 50px

| Szombathely

|Western Transdanubia

| align="right" | 3336.11

|align="center"| 253,551

|align="center"| 76

|File:HU county Vas.svg

|align="center"| 7

|align="center"| 216

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Veszprém}}

|align="center"| 45px

| Veszprém

|Central Transdanubia

| align="right" | 4463.64

|align="center"| 341,317

|align="center"| 76

|File:HU county Veszprem.svg

|align="center"| 10

|align="center"| 217

scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Zala}}

|align="center"| 45px

| Zalaegerszeg

|Western Transdanubia

| align="right" | 3783.84

|align="center"| 268,648

|align="center"| 71

|File:HU county Zala.svg

|align="center"| 6

|align="center"| 258

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!scope=row; align="left"| Hungary

|align="center"| 33px

| Budapest

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| align="right" | 93,023

|align="center"| 9,772,756

|align="center"| 105

!File:HU counties colored.svg

|align="center"| 174

|align="center"| 3176

There are seven towns with county's rights in addition to the county seats:

= Codes of the counties =

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!County

!ISO 3166-2[https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html#2012_iso3166-2 ISO 3166 Country Codes], International Organization for Standardization, retrieved 8 August 2021.

!NUTS[https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/7451602/2021-NUTS-3-map-HU.pdf MAGYARORSZÁG – NU], European Commission, retrieved 8 August 2021.

!Phone prefix[https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000610004PDFE.pdf Presentation of E.164 National Numbering Plan (NNP) for Hungary (country code +36)], International Telecommunication Union, retrieved 8 August 2021.

!Postal code[https://worldpostalcode.com/hungary/ Hungary Post Codes], WorldPostalCode, retrieved 8 August 2021.

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| Baranya

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-BA}}

|HU231

|69, 72, 73

|73xx, 75xx – 79xx

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| Bács-Kiskun

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-BK}}

|HU331

|76, 77, 78, 79

|60xx – 65xx

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| Békés

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-BE}}

|HU332

|66, 68

|55xx – 59xx

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| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-BZ}}

|HU311

|46, 47, 48, 49

|34xx – 39xx

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| Budapest

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-BU}}

|HU101

|1

|1xxx

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| Csongrád-Csanád

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-CS}}

|HU333

|62, 63

|66xx – 69xx

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| Fejér

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-FE}}

|HU211

|22, 25

|206x, 209x, 24xx, 700x – 701x, 7041, 80xx, 811x – 815x

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| Győr-Moson-Sopron

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-GS}}

|HU221

|96, 99

|90xx – 94xx

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| Hajdú-Bihar

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-HB}}

|HU321

|52, 54

|40xx – 422x, 4241 – 4243, 425x – 429x

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| Heves

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-HE}}

|HU312

|36, 37

|300x – 304x, 32xx – 33xx

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| Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-JN}}

|HU322

|56, 57, 59

|50xx – 54xx

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| Komárom-Esztergom

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-KE}}

|HU212

|33, 34

|2027 – 2028, 2067, 25xx, 28xx – 29xx

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| Nógrád

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-NO}}

|HU313

|32, 35

|2175 – 2179, 2610, 2611, 2616 – 2619, 264x – 269x, 304x – 31xx

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| Pest

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-PE}}

|HU102

|23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53

|20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx

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| Somogy

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-SO}}

|HU232

|82, 84, 85

|7253 – 729x, 74xx – 75xx, 7918, 7977 – 7979, 86xx – 873x, 884x – 885x

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| Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-SZ}}

|HU323

|42, 44, 45

|423x, 4244 – 4246, 4267, 43xx – 49xx

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| Tolna

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-TO}}

|HU233

|74, 75

|702x – 7252, 7352 – 7361

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| Vas

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-VA}}

|HU222

|94, 95

|95xx – 99xx

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| Veszprém

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-VE}}

|HU213

|87, 88, 89

|810x, 816x – 819x, 830x – 8352, 84xx – 85xx

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| Zala

|align="center"| {{mono|HU-ZA}}

|HU223

|83, 92, 93

|8353 – 839x, 874x – 879x, 880x – 883x, 8855, 8856, 886x – 889x, 89xx

See also

Notes

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