Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: , plural: ; the terminology does not distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: , plural: ) of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: , plural: ). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 25 of the towns are so-called cities with county rights. All county seats except Budapest are cities with county rights.

Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, and Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development.

The largest city is the capital, Budapest, while the smallest town is Pálháza with 1038 inhabitants (2010). The largest village is Solymár (population: 10,123 as of 2010). There are more than 100 villages with fewer than 100 inhabitants while the smallest villages have fewer than 20 inhabitants.

Largest cities in Hungary

Bold: City with county rights. Italics: Capital city.

Over 100,000 (large cities) City / townCountyPopulationPeak populationMetropolitan area (2026)1949 Census1990 Census2011 Census2022 Census 1. BudapestBudapest (Pest) 1,590,316 2,016,681 1,733,685 1,685,342 2,113,034 (1989)2,880,025 2. DebrecenHajdú-Bihar 115,399 212,235 211,340 199,858 217,706 (1994)270,173 3. SzegedCsongrád-Csanád 104,867 175,301 168,048 158,797 178,878 (1994)200,354 4. MiskolcBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 109,841 196,442 167,754 147,533 211,345 (1985)219,879 5. PécsBaranya 89,470 170,039 156,049 139,330 172,177 (1994)171,879 6. GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron 69,583 129,331 129,527 127,599 133,946 (2020)210,779 7. NyíregyházaSzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 56,334 114,152 119,746 116,282 119,746 (2011)159,978 8. KecskemétBács-Kiskun 61,730 102,516 111,411 108,120 112,641 (2016)181,321Sources:

50,000–100,000 (medium-sized cities) City / townCountyPopulationPeak populationMetropolitan area(2026)1949 Census1990 Census2011 Census2022 Census 9. SzékesfehérvárFejér 42,260 108,958 100,570 95,045 109,762 (1993) 148,112 10. SzombathelyVas 47,589 85,617 78,884 78,190 85,932 (1994) 108,223 11. ÉrdPest 16,444 43,327 63,631 71,253 71,425 (2022) Budapest 12. SzolnokJász-Nagykun-Szolnok 37,520 78,328 72,953 66,061 80,859 (1994) 106,003 13. TatabányaKomárom-Esztergom 40,221 74,277 67,753 65,830 75,921 (1980) - 14. SopronGyőr-Moson-Sopron 36,506 55,083 60,548 60,334 63,065 (2020) - 15. KaposvárSomogy 37,945 71,788 66,245 59,397 74,101 (1979) - 16. BékéscsabaBékés 44,053 67,157 62,050 55,164 68,044 (1980) - 17. VeszprémVeszprém 20,682 63,867 61,721 55,910 65,789 (1994) - 18. ZalaegerszegZala 21,668 62,212 59,499 54,428 62,908 (1994) -Source:

50,000–30,000 City / townCountyPopulationTop populationMetropolitan area(2021)1949 Census2011 Census2022 Census 19. EgerHeves 32,352 56,569 49,128 63,794 (1994) - 20. NagykanizsaZala 33,158 49,026 43,228 54,052 (1990) - 21. DunakesziPest 11,029 40,545 43,858 43,990 (2021) Budapest 22. HódmezővásárhelyCsongrád-Csanád 49,417 46,047 41,634 54,486 (1980) Szeged 23. DunaújvárosFejér 3,949 48,484 42,099 60,736 (1980) - 24. SzigetszentmiklósPest 5,865 34,708 40,678 40,679 (2022) Budapest 25. CeglédPest 35,237 36,645 36,200 40,644 (1980) - 26. VácPest 21,287 33,831 34,449 34,866 (1980) Budapest 27. MosonmagyaróvárGyőr-Moson-Sopron 16,546 32,004 33,935 34,439 (2021) - 28. BajaBács-Kiskun 27,936 36,267 33,140 39,822 (1994) - 29. GödöllőPest 12,216 32,522 32,625 32,625 (2022) Budapest 30. SalgótarjánNógrád 32,571 37,262 31,312 50,120 (1980) - 31. ÓzdBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 29,184 34,481 31,022 48,636 (1981) -Source:

30,000 – 24,000 Sources:

All other towns in Hungary Sources: 24,000 – 15,000

15,000 – 5,000

< 5,000

Largest cities in Hungary in 1910 In 1910, the ten largest cities in the Kingdom of Hungary (including Croatia-Slavonia) were:

Budapest (the capital of Hungary): 880,371 Szeged: 118,328 Szabadka (now Subotica in Serbia): 94,610 Debrecen: 92,729 Zágráb (then located in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, today Zagreb in Croatia): 79,038 Pozsony (now Bratislava in Slovakia): 78,223 Temesvár (now located in Romania): 72,555 Kecskemét: 66,834 Arad (now located in Romania): 63,166 Hódmezővásárhely: 62,445

Out of Hungary's ten largest cities in 1910, five are now located outside of the Kingdom of Hungary as a result of post-World War I border changes.

See also Regions of Hungary Counties of Hungary Districts of Hungary (from 2013) Subregions of Hungary (until 2013) Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (until 1918) Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary (1941–44) NUTS:HU

References

External links Subdivisions of Hungary Gazetteer of Hungary (HCSO 2008)