List of cities and towns in Hungary

Towns and villages in Hungary

Hungary has 3152 localities as of July 1, 2009. 328 towns (Hungarian term: város, plural: városok; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2824 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek). 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 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties (megyei jogú város – town with county rights). All county seats except Budapest are urban counties, together with 5 other towns having more than 50 thousand population.

Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development.¹

The largest city is the capital, Budapest, 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

Over 100,000 (big cities)

Name	Population (1949)	Top population	Population (2010)	Metropolitan area	Status
Budapest	1,590,316	2,059,226 (1980)	1,721,556	2,503,105 (2009)	Capital city
Debrecen	115,399	212,235 (1990)	207,270	237,888 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Szeged	104,867	169,930 (1990)	169,731	201,307 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Miskolc	109,841	208,103 (1980)	169,226	216,470 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Pécs	89,470	170,039 (1990)	157,680	179,215 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Győr	69,583	130,478 (2010)	130,478	182,776 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Nyíregyháza	56,334	118,795 (2001)	117,832	-	County seat, urban county
Kecskemét	61,730	112,233 (2010)	112,233	-	County seat, urban county
Székesfehérvár	42,260	99,000 (1990)	50,000	-	Regional centre, county seat, urban county

50,000 - 100,000 (middle-sized cities)

Name	Population (1949)	Top population	Population (2009)	Metropolitan area	Status
Szombathely	47,589	85,617(1990)	79,513	-	County seat, urban county
Szolnok	37,520	78,328 (1990)	74,885	-	County seat, urban county
Tatabánya	40,221	75,921 (1980)	70,333	-	County seat, urban county
Kaposvár	37,945	72,377 (1980)	67,633	-	County seat, urban county
Békéscsaba	44,053	68,044 (1980)	64,787	-	County seat, urban county
Érd	16,444	63,669 (2009)	63,669	Budapest	Urban county
Veszprém	20,682	63,867 (1990)	63,405	-	County seat, urban county
Zalaegerszeg	21,668	62,121 (1990)	61,774	-	County seat, urban county
Sopron	36,506	59,036 (2009)	59,036	-	Urban county
Eger	32,352	61,892 (1990)	56,429	-	County seat, urban county
Nagykanizsa	33,158	54,052 (1990)	50,540	-	Urban county

30,000 - 50,000 (smaller cities)

Name	Top population	Metropolitan area	Status	County
Dunaújváros	48,187	-	Urban county	Fejér
Hódmezővásárhely	47,258	-	Urban county	Csongrád
Salgótarján	43,169	-	County seat, urban county	Nógrád
Dunakeszi	38,470	Budapest		Pest
Cegléd	38,325	-		Pest
Baja	37,707	-		Bács-Kiskun
Ózd	34,930	-		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Szekszárd	34,656	-	County seat, urban county	Tolna
Vác	34,115	Budapest		Pest
Gödöllő	33,901	Budapest		Pest
Szigetszentmiklós	33,759	Budapest		Pest
Gyöngyös	32,607	-		Heves
Mosonmagyaróvár	32,605	-		Győr-Moson-Sopron
Pápa	32,583	-		Veszprém
Gyula	32,132	-		Békés
Orosháza	32,032	-		Békés
Hajdúböszörmény	31,636	-		Hajdú-Bihar
Ajka	31,334	-		Veszprém
Esztergom	30,928	-		Komárom-Esztergom
Kiskunfélegyháza	30,640	-		Bács-Kiskun