counties of Hungary
{{Short description|First-level administrative divisions of Hungary}}
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{{native name|hu|Magyarország vármegyéi}}
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| category = Unitary state
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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
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County
!class="unsortable| Coat of !Region ! Area ! Population ! Population density ! Map ! No. of ! No. of |
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scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Baranya}}
|align="center"| 48px | Pécs | align="right" | 4429.60 |align="center"| 360,704 |align="center"| 81 |align="center"| 10 |align="center"| 301 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Bács-Kiskun}}
|align="center"| 45px | 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 | align="right" | 5629.71 |align="center"| 334,264 |align="center"| 59 |align="center"| 9 |align="center"| 75 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén}}
|align="center"| 45px | Miskolc | align="right" | 7247.19 |align="center"| 642,447 |align="center"| 89 |File:HU county Borsod Abauj Zemplen.svg |align="center"| 16 |align="center"| 358 |
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!scope=row; align="left"| Budapest |align="center"| 50px | Municipality of | align="right" | 525.14 |align="center"| 1,752,286 |align="center"| 3337 |align="center"| 23 |align="center"| – |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Csongrád-Csanád}}
|align="center"| 50px | Szeged | align="right" | 4262.79 |align="center"| 399,012 |align="center"| 94 |align="center"| 7 |align="center"| 60 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Fejér}}
|align="center"| 45px | align="right" | 4358.48 |align="center"| 417,712 |align="center"| 96 |align="center"| 8 |align="center"| 108 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Győr-Moson-Sopron}}
|align="center"| 40px | Győr | 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 | 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 | align="right" | 3637.17 |align="center"| 294,609 |align="center"| 81 |align="center"| 7 |align="center"| 121 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok}}
|align="center"| 50px | Szolnok | 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 | 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 | align="right" | 2544.48 |align="center"| 189,304 |align="center"| 74 |align="center"| 6 |align="center"| 131 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Pest}}
|align="center"| 48px | Budapest | align="right" | 6391.18 |align="center"| 1,278,874 |align="center"| 200 |align="center"| 18 |align="center"| 187 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Somogy}}
|align="center"| 45px | Kaposvár | align="right" | 6065.06 |align="center"| 301,429 |align="center"| 50 |align="center"| 8 |align="center"| 245 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg}}
|align="center"| 55px | 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 | align="right" | 3703.20 |align="center"| 217,463 |align="center"| 59 |align="center"| 6 |align="center"| 109 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Vas}}
|align="center"| 50px | align="right" | 3336.11 |align="center"| 253,551 |align="center"| 76 |align="center"| 7 |align="center"| 216 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Veszprém}}
|align="center"| 45px | Veszprém | align="right" | 4463.64 |align="center"| 341,317 |align="center"| 76 |align="center"| 10 |align="center"| 217 |
scope=row; align="left"| {{Hungarian county link|Zala}}
|align="center"| 45px | align="right" | 3783.84 |align="center"| 268,648 |align="center"| 71 |align="center"| 6 |align="center"| 258 |
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!scope=row; align="left"| Hungary |align="center"| 33px | Budapest | | align="right" | 93,023 |align="center"| 9,772,756 |align="center"| 105 |align="center"| 174 |align="center"| 3176 |
There are seven towns with county's rights in addition to the county seats:
- Baja (Bács-Kiskun county)
- Dunaújváros (Fejér county)
- Esztergom (Komárom-Esztergom county)
- Érd (Pest county)
- Hódmezővásárhely (Csongrád-Csanád county)
- Nagykanizsa (Zala county)
- Sopron (Győr-Moson-Sopron county)
= 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
{{Politics of Hungary}}
- Regions of Hungary
- Districts of Hungary (from 2013) – Subregions of Hungary (until 2013)
- Ranked list of Hungarian counties
- List of cities and towns of Hungary
- NUTS:HU
- Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (until 1918)
- Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary
- Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (1941–44)
Notes
References
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External links
- [http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2012.pdf Gazetteer of Hungary, 2012]
- [http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2019.pdf?lang=hu Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2019]
- [https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html#2012_iso3166-2 ISO 3166 Country Codes]
- [https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/345175/7451602/2021-NUTS-3-map-HU.pdf MAGYARORSZÁG – NU]
- [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)]
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