List of regions of Hungary
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There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI. Regions are groupings of the 19 counties and the capital city.
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| Name of the region | Regional centre | Area (km2) |
Population 2016 |
Density (/km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Hungary (Észak-Magyaroszág) | Miskolc | 13,428 | 1,153,714 | 86 |
| Northern Great Plain (Észak-Alföld) | Debrecen | 17,749 | 1,474,383 | 83 |
| Southern Great Plain (Dél-Alföld) | Szeged | 18,339 | 1,262,936 | 69 |
| Central Hungary (Közép-Magyarország) | Budapest | 6,919 | 2,993,948 | 433 |
| Central Transdanubia (Közép-Dunántúl) | Székesfehérvár | 11,237 | 1,060,703 | 94 |
| Western Transdanubia (Nyugat-Dunántúl) | Győr | 11,209 | 983,933 | 88 |
| Southern Transdanubia (Dél-Dunántúl) | Pécs | 14,169 | 900,868 | 64 |
- 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 and the capital Budapest.
- Central Transdanubia includes the counties Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér and Veszprém.
- Western Transdanubia includes the counties Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas, Zala.
- Southern Transdanubia includes the counties Baranya, Somogy and Tolna.
Euroregions
Hungary belongs into the following euroregions:
- Carpathian Euroregion: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Heves
- West Pannonia Euroregion: Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas, Zala
- Danube-Drava-Sava: Baranya
- Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza (DKMT): Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
- Ister-Granum Euroregion: Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád
(Counties sometimes only roughly correspond to euroregions, so overlap is possible.)
See also
- Counties of Hungary
- Districts of Hungary (from 2013)
- Subregions of Hungary (until 2013)
- Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (until 1918)
- Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (1941–44)
- List of cities and towns of Hungary
- NUTS:HU
- Region (Europe)
- Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
References
- ^ "EUROSTAT NUTS2 Population" (PDF). Brussels: EUROSTAT. 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
