Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties (, singular: ) and the capital city () Budapest. The counties are further subdivided into 174 districts (, singular: ). The capital Budapest is subdivided into 23 districts (, singular: ).Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2019, Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, 2019, ISSN 1217-2952, retrieved 8 August 2021.
There are 25 cities with county rights (, singular: ), 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: ). Between 1950 and 2022, the counties of Hungary were officially called (singular: ). On 1 January 2023, the original historical name was officially restored.
List of counties
Hungarian counties County Coat of arms County seatRegion Area(km²) Population(2019) Population density(people/km², 2019) Map No. ofdistricts No. ofmunicipalities PécsSouthern Transdanubia 4429.60 360,704 81 10 301 KecskemétSouthern Great Plain 8444.89 503,825 60 11 119 BékéscsabaSouthern Great Plain 5629.71 334,264 59 9 75 MiskolcNorthern Hungary 7247.19 642,447 89 16 358 Budapest Municipality ofBudapestBudapest is not a county, but a municipality that has an identical administrative status to all the other 19 counties.Central Hungary 525.14 1,752,286 3337 23 – SzegedSouthern Great Plain 4262.79 399,012 94 7 60 SzékesfehérvárCentral Transdanubia 4358.48 417,712 96 8 108 GyőrWestern Transdanubia 4207.79 467,144 111 7 183 DebrecenNorthern Great Plain 6210.39 527,989 85 10 82 EgerNorthern Hungary 3637.17 294,609 81 7 121 SzolnokNorthern Great Plain 5581.63 370,007 66 9 78 TatabányaCentral Transdanubia 2264.35 299,207 132 6 76 SalgótarjánNorthern Hungary 2544.48 189,304 74 6 131 BudapestCentral Hungary 6391.18 1,278,874 200 18 187 KaposvárSouthern Transdanubia 6065.06 301,429 50 8 245 NyíregyházaNorthern Great Plain 5935.92 552,964 93 13 229 SzekszárdSouthern Transdanubia 3703.20 217,463 59 6 109 SzombathelyWestern Transdanubia 3336.11 253,551 76 7 216 VeszprémCentral Transdanubia 4463.64 341,317 76 10 217 ZalaegerszegWestern 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 CountyISO 3166-2ISO 3166 Country Codes, International Organization for Standardization, retrieved 8 August 2021.NUTSMAGYARORSZÁG – NU, European Commission, retrieved 8 August 2021.Phone prefixPresentation of E.164 National Numbering Plan (NNP) for Hungary (country code +36), International Telecommunication Union, retrieved 8 August 2021.Postal codeHungary Post Codes, WorldPostalCode, retrieved 8 August 2021. Baranya HU23169, 72, 7373xx, 75xx – 79xx Bács-Kiskun HU33176, 77, 78, 7960xx – 65xx Békés HU33266, 6855xx – 59xx Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén HU31146, 47, 48, 4934xx – 39xx Budapest HU10111xxx Csongrád-Csanád HU33362, 6366xx – 69xx Fejér HU21122, 25206x, 209x, 24xx, 700x – 701x, 7041, 80xx, 811x – 815x Győr-Moson-Sopron HU22196, 9990xx – 94xx Hajdú-Bihar HU32152, 5440xx – 422x, 4241 – 4243, 425x – 429x Heves HU31236, 37300x – 304x, 32xx – 33xx Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok HU32256, 57, 5950xx – 54xx Komárom-Esztergom HU21233, 342027 – 2028, 2067, 25xx, 28xx – 29xx Nógrád HU31332, 352175 – 2179, 2610, 2611, 2616 – 2619, 264x – 269x, 304x – 31xx Pest HU10223, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 5320xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx Somogy HU23282, 84, 857253 – 729x, 74xx – 75xx, 7918, 7977 – 7979, 86xx – 873x, 884x – 885x Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg HU32342, 44, 45423x, 4244 – 4246, 4267, 43xx – 49xx Tolna HU23374, 75702x – 7252, 7352 – 7361 Vas HU22294, 9595xx – 99xx Veszprém HU21387, 88, 89810x, 816x – 819x, 830x – 8352, 84xx – 85xx Zala HU22383, 92, 938353 – 839x, 874x – 879x, 880x – 883x, 8855, 8856, 886x – 889x, 89xx
See also
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
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)