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A royal free city, or free royal city (Latin: libera regia civitas), was the official term for the most important cities in the Kingdom of Hungary from the late 12th century to the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

The cities were granted certain privileges by the King of Hungary to prevent their control by the Hungarian nobility, hence "royal", and exercised some self-government in relation to their internal affairs and so were "free". From the late 14th century, the elected envoys of the royal free cities participated in the sessions of the Hungarian Diet and so they became part of the legislature. This list also includes cities in the Kingdom of Croatia and the Banate of Bosnia, which were part of the Lands of the Hungarian Crown.

The term "royal free city" in the kingdom's languages is as follows:

Latin: Libera regia civitas
Hungarian: Szabad királyi város
German: Königliche Freistadt
Romanian: Oraș liber regesc
Slovak: Slobodné kráľovské mesto
Croatian: Slobodni kraljevski grad
Serbian: Слободни краљевски град, romanized: Slobodni kraljevski grad

They had a status similar to the free imperial cities in the Holy Roman Empire.

List of royal free cities in Kingdom of Hungary

Kleinhöflein (Kishöflány) im Burgenland at the foot of the Leitha Mountains (Lajta-hegység)

Current English name	Hungarian name	Other historical names
Alba Iulia	Gyulafehérvár	Karlsburg
Arad	Arad
Baia Mare	Nagybánya	Frauenbach
Baia Sprie	Felsőbánya	Mittelstadt
Banská Bystrica	Besztercebánya
Banská Štiavnica	Selmecbánya
Bardejov	Bártfa
Bihać	Bihács	Bišće, Bić
Bistrița	Beszterce	Bistritz
Braşov	Brassó	Kronstadt
Bratislava	Pozsony	Pressburg, Prešporok, Požun
Brezno	Breznóbánya
Budapest	Buda
Cluj-Napoca	Kolozsvár	Klausenburg, Cluj
Debrecen	Debrecen
Eisenstadt	Kismarton
Erzsébetváros	Erzsébetváros
Esztergom	Esztergom
Gherla	Szamosújvár	Neuschloss
Győr	Győr
Kežmarok	Késmárk
Komárom	Komárom
Košice	Kassa	Kasschau
Kőszeg	Kőszeg
Krapina	Korpona
Kremnica	Körmöcbánya
Levoča	Lőcse
Ľubietová	Libetbánya
Mediaș	Medgyes	Mediasch
Modra	Modor
Nová Baňa	Újbánya
Novi Sad	Újvidék
Orăștie	Szászváros	Broos
Pécs	Pécs
Budapest	Pest
Pezinok	Bazin
Prešov	Eperjes
Pukanec	Bakabánya
Rijeka	Fiume
Rust	Ruszt
Sabinov	Kisszeben
Satu Mare	Szatmárnémeti	Sătmar
Sebeș	Szászsebes	Mühlbach
Sfântu Gheorghe	Sepsiszentgyörgy	Sankt Georg
Sibiu	Nagyszeben	Hermannstadt
Sighișoara	Segesvár	Schäßburg
Skalica	Szakolca
Sombor	Zombor
Sopron	Sopron
Subotica	Szabadka
Szeged	Szeged
Székesfehérvár	Székesfehérvár
Târgu-Mureș	Marosvásárhely	Neumarkt am Marosch
Timișoara	Temesvár	Temeschvar
Trenčín	Trencsén
Trnava	Nagyszombat
Veľký Šariš	Nagysáros
Vukovar	Vukovár	Valkóvár
Zvolen	Zólyom
Zagreb	Zágráb	Gradec, Agram

Towns with only partial privileges

Current English name	Hungarian name	Other historical names
Banská Belá	Bélabánya
Belá-Dulice	Turócbéla
Berehove	Beregszász
Nitra	Nyitra
Podolínec	Podolin
Sighetu Marmatiei	Máramarossziget	Marmaroschsiget
Šamorín	Somorja	Zent Maria, Samaria
Uzhhorod	Ungvár
Vasvár	Vasvár
Vršac	Versec

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