List of cities and towns of Hungary

Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: város, plural: városok; the terminology does not distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek) of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: nagyközség, plural: nagyközségek). 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.

Towns and villages in Hungary

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.[1]

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

   County seat. Note that there is a total of 19 counties of Hungary + Budapest - the capital Budapest doubles as a county (called Budapest or Budapest város) and the seat of the separate Pest County (Pest vármegye) which surrounds Budapest but does not actually include the capital city.

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

Over 100,000 (large cities)

City / townCountyPopulationPeak populationMetropolitan area (2024)
1949 Census1990 Census2011 Census2022 Census
1.BudapestBudapest (Pest)1,590,3162,016,6811,733,6851,685,342 2,113,034 (1989)2,830,540
2.DebrecenHajdú-Bihar115,399212,235211,340199,858 217,706 (1994)255,602
3.SzegedCsongrád-Csanád104,867175,301168,048158,797 178,878 (1994)194,844
4.MiskolcBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén109,841196,442167,754147,533 211,345 (1985)224,972
5.PécsBaranya89,470170,039156,049139,330 172,177 (1994)169,043
6.GyőrGyőr-Moson-Sopron69,583129,331129,527127,599 133,946 (2020)203,556
7.NyíregyházaSzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg56,334114,152119,746116,282 119,746 (2011)160,514
8.KecskemétBács-Kiskun61,730102,516111,411108,120 112,233 (2010)171,664
Sources:[2][3]

50,000–100,000 (medium-sized cities)

City / townCountyPopulationPeak populationMetropolitan area
(2024)
1949 Census1990 Census2011 Census2022 Census
9.SzékesfehérvárFejér42,260108,958100,57095.045 109,762 (1993)148,002
10.SzombathelyVas47,58985,61778,88478,190 85,932 (1994)110,701
11.ÉrdPest16,44443,32763,63171,253 71,425 (2022)Budapest
12.SzolnokJász-Nagykun-Szolnok37,52078,32872,95366,061 80,859 (1994)107.009
13.TatabányaKomárom-Esztergom40,22174,27767,75365,830 75,921 (1980)-
14.SopronGyőr-Moson-Sopron36,50655,08360,54860,334 63,065 (2020)-
15.KaposvárSomogy37,94571,78866,24559,397 74,101 (1979)-
16.BékéscsabaBékés44,05367,15762,05055,164 68,044 (1980)-
17.VeszprémVeszprém20,68263,86761,72155,910 65,789 (1994)-
18.ZalaegerszegZala21,66862,21259,49954,428 62,908 (1994)-
Source:[3]

50,000–30,000

City / townCountyPopulationTop populationMetropolitan area
(2021)
1949 Census2011 Census2022 Census
19.EgerHeves32,35256,56949,128 63,794 (1994)-
20.NagykanizsaZala33,15849,02643,228 54,052 (1990)-
21.DunakesziPest11,02940,54543,858 43,990 (2021)Budapest
22.HódmezővásárhelyCsongrád-Csanád49,41746,04741,634 54,486 (1980)Szeged
23.DunaújvárosFejér3,94948,48442,099 60,736 (1980)-
24.SzigetszentmiklósPest5,86534,70840,678 40,679 (2022)Budapest
25.CeglédPest35,23736,64536,200 40,644 (1980)-
26.VácPest21,28733,83134,449 34,866 (1980)Budapest
27.MosonmagyaróvárGyőr-Moson-Sopron16,54632,00433,935 34,439 (2021)-
28.BajaBács-Kiskun27,93636,26733,140 39,822 (1994)-
29.GödöllőPest12,21632,52232,625 32,625 (2022)Budapest
30.SalgótarjánNógrád32,57137,26231,312 50,120 (1980)-
31.ÓzdBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén29,18434,48131,022 48,636 (1981)-
Source:[3]

29,000 – 24,000

Sources:[3][4]


All other towns in Hungary

Sources:[3][5]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:[6]

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

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