Counties of Hungary

Counties of Hungary
Hungarian: *Magyarország megyéi*
Counties of Hungary ; Hungarian: Magyarország megyéi
Category	Unitary state
Location	Hungary
Created	1950 (Current form, 19 + Budapest);
Number	19 (as of 1950)
Additional status	electoral constituency;
Populations	189,304 (Nógrád) – 1,278,874 (Pest)
Areas	2,265 km2 (875 sq mi) (Komárom-Esztergom) – 8,445 km2 (3,261 sq mi) (Bács-Kiskun)
Government	County Government, National Government;
Subdivisions	District; Municipality/town/commune/sector;

Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties (megyék, singular: megye) 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).^[1]

There are 23 towns with county's 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.

List of counties[]

**Hungarian counties**^[1]
County	County seat	Area (km²)^[1]	Population (2019)^[1]	Population density (people/km², 2019)	No. of district	No. of municipalities
Baranya	Pécs	4429.60	360,704	81	10	301
Bács-Kiskun	Kecskemét	8444.89	503,825	60	11	119
Békés	Békéscsaba	5629.71	334,264	59	9	75
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	Miskolc	7247.19	642,447	89	16	358
Budapest	Municipality of Budapest ^{[note 1]}	525.14	1,752,286	3337	23	–
Csongrád-Csanád	Szeged	4262.79	399,012	94	7	60
Fejér	Székesfehérvár	4358.48	417,712	96	8	108
Győr-Moson-Sopron	Győr	4207.79	467,144	111	7	183
Hajdú-Bihar	Debrecen	6210.39	527,989	85	10	82
Heves	Eger	3637.17	294,609	81	7	121
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	Szolnok	5581.63	370,007	66	9	78
Komárom-Esztergom	Tatabánya	2264.35	299,207	132	6	76
Nógrád	Salgótarján	2544.48	189,304	74	6	131
Pest	Budapest	6391.18	1,278,874	200	18	187
Somogy	Kaposvár	6065.06	301,429	50	8	245
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	Nyíregyháza	5935.92	552,964	93	13	229
Tolna	Szekszárd	3703.20	217,463	59	6	109
Vas	Szombathely	3336.11	253,551	76	7	216
Veszprém	Veszprém	4463.64	341,317	76	10	217
Zala	Zalaegerszeg	3783.84	268,648	71	6	258

Hungary	Budapest	93,023	9,772,756	105	174	3176

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

Érd (Pest county)
Dunaújváros (Fejér county)
Hódmezővásárhely (Csongrád-Csanád county)
Nagykanizsa (Zala county)
Sopron (Győr-Moson-Sopron county)

Codes of the counties[]

County	ISO 3166-2^[2]	NUTS^[3]	Phone prefix^[4]	Postal code^[5]
Baranya	HU-BA	HU231	69, 72, 73	73xx, 75xx – 79xx
Bács-Kiskun	HU-BK	HU331	76, 77, 78, 79	60xx – 65xx
Békés	HU-BE	HU332	66, 68	55xx – 59xx
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	HU-BZ	HU311	46, 47, 48, 49	34xx – 39xx
Budapest	HU-BU	HU101	1	1xxx
Csongrád-Csanád	HU-CS	HU333	62, 63	66xx – 69xx
Fejér	HU-FE	HU211	22, 25	206x, 209x, 24xx, 700x – 701x, 7041, 80xx, 811x – 815x
Győr-Moson-Sopron	HU-GS	HU221	96, 99	90xx – 94xx
Hajdú-Bihar	HU-HB	HU321	52, 54	40xx – 422x, 4241 – 4243, 425x – 429x
Heves	HU-HE	HU312	36, 37	300x – 304x, 32xx – 33xx
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	HU-JN	HU322	56, 57, 59	50xx – 54xx
Komárom-Esztergom	HU-KE	HU212	33, 34	2027 – 2028, 2067, 25xx, 28xx – 29xx
Nógrád	HU-NO	HU313	32, 35	2175 – 2179, 2610, 2611, 2616 – 2619, 264x – 269x, 304x – 31xx
Pest	HU-PE	HU102	23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53	20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx
Somogy	HU-SO	HU232	82, 84, 85	7253 – 729x, 74xx – 75xx, 7918, 7977 – 7979, 86xx – 873x, 884x – 885x
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	HU-SZ	HU323	42, 44, 45	423x, 4244 – 4246, 4267, 43xx – 49xx
Tolna	HU-TO	HU233	74, 75	702x – 7252, 7352 – 7361
Vas	HU-VA	HU222	94, 95	95xx – 99xx
Veszprém	HU-VE	HU213	87, 88, 89	810x, 816x – 819x, 830x – 8352, 84xx – 85xx
Zala	HU-ZA	HU223	83, 92, 93	8353 – 839x, 874x – 879x, 880x – 883x, 8855, 8856, 886x – 889x, 89xx

Notes[]

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

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2019, Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, 2019, ISSN 1217-2952, retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ ISO 3166 Country Codes, International Organization for Standardization, retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ MAGYARORSZÁG – NU, European Commission, retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ Presentation of E.164 National Numbering Plan (NNP) for Hungary (country code +36), International Telecommunication Union, retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ Hungary Post Codes, WorldPostalCode, retrieved 8 August 2021.

Weblinks[]

[2] Budapest is not a county, but a municipality that has an identical administrative status to all the other 19 counties.

[HNK2019-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2019, Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, 2019, ISSN 1217-2952, retrieved 8 August 2021.

[iso3166-2-3] ISO 3166 Country Codes, International Organization for Standardization, retrieved 8 August 2021.

[NUTS_level_3-4] MAGYARORSZÁG – NU, European Commission, retrieved 8 August 2021.

[Phone-5] Presentation of E.164 National Numbering Plan (NNP) for Hungary (country code +36), International Telecommunication Union, retrieved 8 August 2021.

[Postcodes-6] Hungary Post Codes, WorldPostalCode, retrieved 8 August 2021.

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