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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 ...
Towns and villages in Hungary. Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: város ⓘ, plural: városok [ˈvaːroʃok]; the terminology does not distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: község [ˈkøʃːeːɡ], plural: községek [ˈkøʃːeːɡɛk]) of which 126 are classified ...
Largest cities within a county, according to the 2017 Gazetteer of Hungary (according to the number of inhabitants). In all counties, the largest city is also the county seat, except Pest county where the county seat is Budapest, which does not belong any county but has a unique status (capital city).
Northern Hungary includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád. Northern Great Plain includes the counties Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. Southern Great Plain includes the counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád-Csanád. Central Hungary includes the county of Pest.
Note that many of the counties ceased to exist during the Turkish occupation (app. 1541 – 1699/1718). For administrative divisions on the Turkish territory see Ottoman Empire. After the defeat of the Turks there were some 70 counties in the whole Kingdom of Hungary again.
The counties are subdivided into 174 districts (járások, singular: járás). these replaced the 175 subregions of Hungary in 2013. [4] Former administrative divisions of Hungary include: Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary; Counties of Hungary (1000–1920) Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (1941–44)
This is a list of cities, towns and villages of Hungary. KEY: T Nagi Beckchervick = Town ; V = Village Notes. Cities marked with * have several different post codes ...
Districts of the 19 counties are numbered by Arabic numerals and named after the district seat, while districts of Budapest are numbered by Roman numerals and named after the historical towns and neighbourhoods. In Hungarian, the districts of the capital and the rest of the country hold different titles.