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Counties of Hungary Magyarország vármegyéi (Hungarian)
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 km (875 sq mi) (Komárom-Esztergom) – 8,445 km (3,261 sq mi) (Bács-Kiskun)
Government	County Government, National Government
Subdivisions	District Municipality/town/commune/sector

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).

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

Hungarian counties

County	Coat of arms	County seat	Region	Area (km²)	Population (2019)	Population density (people/km², 2019)	Map	No. of district	No. of municipalities
Baranya		Pécs	Southern Transdanubia	4429.60	360,704	81		10	301
Bács-Kiskun		Kecskemét	Southern Great Plain	8444.89	503,825	60		11	119
Békés		Békéscsaba	Southern Great Plain	5629.71	334,264	59		9	75
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén		Miskolc	Northern Hungary	7247.19	642,447	89		16	358
Budapest		Municipality of Budapest	Central Hungary	525.14	1,752,286	3337		23	–
Csongrád-Csanád		Szeged	Southern Great Plain	4262.79	399,012	94		7	60
Fejér		Székesfehérvár	Central Transdanubia	4358.48	417,712	96		8	108
Győr-Moson-Sopron		Győr	Western Transdanubia	4207.79	467,144	111		7	183
Hajdú-Bihar		Debrecen	Northern Great Plain	6210.39	527,989	85		10	82
Heves		Eger	Northern Hungary	3637.17	294,609	81		7	121
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok		Szolnok	Northern Great Plain	5581.63	370,007	66		9	78
Komárom-Esztergom		Tatabánya	Central Transdanubia	2264.35	299,207	132		6	76
Nógrád		Salgótarján	Northern Hungary	2544.48	189,304	74		6	131
Pest		Budapest	Central Hungary	6391.18	1,278,874	200		18	187
Somogy		Kaposvár	Southern Transdanubia	6065.06	301,429	50		8	245
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg		Nyíregyháza	Northern Great Plain	5935.92	552,964	93		13	229
Tolna		Szekszárd	Southern Transdanubia	3703.20	217,463	59		6	109
Vas		Szombathely	Western Transdanubia	3336.11	253,551	76		7	216
Veszprém		Veszprém	Central Transdanubia	4463.64	341,317	76		10	217
Zala		Zalaegerszeg	Western Transdanubia	3783.84	268,648	71		6	258
Hungary		Budapest		93,023	9,772,756	105		174	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

See also

Politics of Hungary
Constitution 1949 Constitution Constitutional Court
Executive President (list) Tamás Sulyok Government Current cabinet Prime Minister (list) Viktor Orbán
Parliament National Assembly Speaker: László Kövér Political parties Fidesz Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) Jobbik Politics Can Be Different (LMP) Dialogue for Hungary (PM) Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) Democratic Coalition (DK) Momentum Movement (M) Everybody's Hungary Movement (MMM) Our Homeland Movement (MH)
Recent elections Parliamentary: 2014 2018 2022 Presidential: 2017 2022 2024 Local: 2014 2019 2024 European: 2014 2019 2024
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• 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

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

References

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

External links

• Gazetteer of Hungary, 2012
• Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2019
• ISO 3166 Country Codes
• MAGYARORSZÁG – NU
• Presentation of E.164 National Numbering Plan (NNP) for Hungary (country code +36)

v t e Counties (vármegyék) of Hungary
Baranya Bács-Kiskun Békés Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Csongrád-Csanád Fejér Győr-Moson-Sopron Hajdú-Bihar Heves Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Komárom-Esztergom Nógrád Pest Somogy Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Tolna Vas Veszprém Zala

• Counties of Hungary
• Subdivisions of Hungary
• Lists of administrative divisions
• Administrative divisions in Europe
• First-level administrative divisions by country
• Hungary geography-related lists