Somogy County

Somogy County
Somogy County
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Transdanubia
County seat	Kaposvár
	Area
• Total	6,036 km2 (2,331 sq mi)
	Population
• Total	325,024
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)

For the former county, see Somogy County (former).

Somogy (Slovene: Šomodska županija) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.

Somogy county

Somogy county lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia. It stretches between the river Drave and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna and Baranya. It is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The capital of Somogy county is Kaposvár. Its area is 6036 km².

History

Main article: Somogy (former county)

Somogy was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy county, is presently in south-western Hungary. The capital of the county was Kaposvár.

Aerial photography of Kaposvár.

Regional structure

City with county rights

Kaposvár (county seat)

Towns

(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)

Siófok (23,460)
Marcali (12,575)
Barcs (12,343)
Nagyatád (12,065)
Balatonboglár (6,076)
Csurgó (5,788)
Fonyód (5,296)
Balatonlelle (5,002)
Tab (4,914)
Nagybajom (3,598)
Lengyeltóti (3,443)
Kadarkút (2,791)
Zamárdi (2,298)
Balatonföldvár (2,108)
Igal (1,336)

Villages

Presidents of the General Assembly

Name	Period
István Gyenesei	1990 - 1994
István Kolber	1994 - 1998
István Gyenesei	1998 - 2006
Attila Gelencsér	2006 - Present