There are eight statistical regions of Hungary, These regions consist of the 19 Counties of Hungary and the capital city. There were seven regions created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI but since 2018 the capital Budapest has left the Central Hungary region and become its own region.
Name of the regionRegional centre Area (km2)PopulationDensity(/km2)Northern Hungary (Észak-Magyaroszág)Miskolc13,4261,102,06482Northern Great Plain (Észak-Alföld)Debrecen17,7231,423,75180Southern Great Plain (Dél-Alföld)Szeged18,3361,213,59566Budapest (Budapest)[n.a.]5101,706,8513,347Central Hungary (Közép-Magyarország)Budapest6,2811,325,036211Central Transdanubia (Közép-Dunántúl)Székesfehérvár11,3291,060,70394Western Transdanubia (Nyugat-Dunántúl)Győr11,086983,93389Southern Transdanubia (Dél-Dunántúl)Pécs14,197900,86863
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. Budapest includes 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) Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary 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
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