List of cities and towns of Hungary

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Towns and villages in Hungary

Hungary has 3,152 localities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: város, plural: városok; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties (megyei jogú város – town with county rights). All county seats except Budapest are urban counties.

Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, and Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development.[1][permanent dead link]

The largest city is the capital, Budapest, while the smallest town is Pálháza with 1038 inhabitants (2010). The largest village is Solymár (population: 10,123 as of 2010). There are more than 100 villages with fewer than 100 inhabitants while the smallest villages have fewer than 20 inhabitants.

Largest cities in Hungary[]

   County seat. Note that there is a total of 19 counties of Hungary + Budapest - the capital Budapest doubles as a county (called Budapest or Budapest város) and the seat of the separate Pest County (Pest megye) which surrounds Budapest but does not actually include the capital city.

Bold: Town with county rights (megyei jogú város).

Over 100,000 (big cities)[]

City / town County Population Peak population Metropolitan area
(2020)
1949 Census 1990 Census 2011 Census 2021 Estimate
1. Budapest Budapest (Pest) 1,590,316 2,016,681 1,733,685 1,723,836 Decrease 2,113,034 (1989) 3,014,944
2. Debrecen Hajdú-Bihar 115,399 212,235 211,340 200,974 Decrease 217,706 (1994) 325,326
3. Szeged Csongrád-Csanád 104,867 175,301 168,048 159,074 Decrease 178,878 (1994) 242,326
4. Miskolc Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 109,841 196,442 167,754 150,695 Decrease 211,345 (1985) 283,706
5. Pécs Baranya 89,470 170,039 156,049 140,237 Decrease 172,177 (1994) 245,194
6. Győr Győr-Moson-Sopron 69,583 129,331 129,527 132,735 Decrease 133,946 (2020) 260,024
7. Nyíregyháza Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 56,334 114,152 119,746 116,554 Decrease 119,746 (2011) 233,623
8. Kecskemét Bács-Kiskun 61,730 102,516 111,411 109,651 Decrease 112,233 (2010) 201,156
Sources:[2][3]

50,000–100,000 (medium-sized cities)[]

City / town County Population Top population Metropolitan area
(2020)
1949 Census 1990 Census 2011 Census 2021 Estimate
9. Székesfehérvár Fejér 42,260 108,958 100,570 95,545 Decrease 109,762 (1993) 271,674
10. Szombathely Vas 47,589 85,617 78,884 78,324 Decrease 85,932 (1994) 148,880
11. Érd Pest 16,444 43,327 63,631 70,063 Increase 70,063 (2021) Budapest
12. Szolnok Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 37,520 78,328 72,953 69,725 Decrease 80,859 (1994) 157,174
13. Tatabánya Komárom-Esztergom 40,221 74,277 67,753 65,145 Decrease 75,921 (1980) -
14. Sopron Győr-Moson-Sopron 36,506 55,083 60,548 62,900 Decrease 63,065 (2020) -
15. Kaposvár Somogy 37,945 71,788 66,245 59,777 Decrease 74,101 (1979) -
16. Veszprém Veszprém 20,682 63,867 61,721 58,153 Decrease 65,789 (1994) -
17. Békéscsaba Békés 44,053 67,157 62,050 58,002 Decrease 68,044 (1980) -
18. Zalaegerszeg Zala 21,668 62,212 59,499 55,470 Decrease 62,908 (1994) -
19. Eger Heves 32,352 61,892 56,569 51,168 Decrease 63,794 (1994) -
Source:[3]

30,000–50,000 (towns)[]

City / town County Population Top population Metropolitan area
(2021)
1949 Census 2011 Census 2021 Estimate
20. Nagykanizsa Zala 33,158 49,026 45,428 Decrease 54,052 (1990) -
21. Dunakeszi Pest 11,029 40,545 43,990 Increase 43,990 (2021) Budapest
22. Hódmezővásárhely Csongrád-Csanád 49,417 46,047 42,691 Decrease 54,486 (1980) Szeged
23. Dunaújváros Fejér 3,949 48,484 42,136 Decrease 60,736 (1980) -
24. Szigetszentmiklós Pest 5,865 34,708 40,519 Increase 40,519 (2021) Budapest
25. Cegléd Pest 35,237 36,645 35,334 Decrease 40,644 (1980) -
26. Mosonmagyaróvár Győr-Moson-Sopron 16,546 32,004 34,439 Increase 34,439 (2021) -
27. Baja Bács-Kiskun 27,936 36,267 33,893 Decrease 39,822 (1994) -
28. Vác Pest 21,287 33,831 32,927 Decrease 34,866 (1980) Budapest
29. Salgótarján Nógrád 32,571 37,262 32,304 Decrease 50,120 (1980) -
30. Gödöllő Pest 12,216 32,522 31,779 Decrease 32,437 (2016) Budapest
31. Ózd Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 29,184 34,481 31,234 Decrease 48,636 (1981) -
32. Szekszárd Tolna 16,354 34,296 30,963 Decrease 39,005 (1989) -
33. Hajdúböszörmény Hajdú-Bihar 30,315 31,725 29,962 Decrease 33,685 (1960) -
34. Pápa Veszprém 24,291 31,845 29,387 Decrease 33,846 (1990) -
Source:[3]

All other towns in Hungary[]

Sources:[3][4] 25,000 – 15,000

15,000 – 5,000

< 5,000

Largest cities in Hungary in 1910[]

In 1910, the ten largest cities in the Kingdom of Hungary (including Croatia-Slavonia) were:[5]

Out of Hungary's ten largest cities in 1910, five are now located outside of Hungary as a result of post-World War I border changes.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ter leti atlasz - Interakt v tematikus". portal.ksh.hu. Archived from the original on 2006-03-19.
  2. ^ "Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve, 2012. január 1" [Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2012] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  3. ^ a b c d "Localities 01.01.2021". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  4. ^ "List of localities in alphabetical order". Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  5. ^ "The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ... - Google Books". 1918. Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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