Hungary Districts

A Hungarian county narrows a round down to a stretch of the Danube or a corner of the plain, and the district is the tier that names a town. The járás are what the 2013 reform made the working units of the state, from the market town that anchors each to the 23 districts of Budapest, which are the numbers on the capital's street signs.

The quiz: Name to place, on the map
Grouped by: Statistical region: the seven regions from Central Hungary to the Southern Great Plain
In the game: 198 districts

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What you are looking at

The 175 járás, which cover the country outside the capital, and the 23 kerület of Budapest. A járás takes the name of its seat: Szeged, Pécs and Győr are districts as well as cities. Budapest's are numbered in Roman numerals from I, the Castle District on the Buda side, around the river to XXIII in the south, and appear as Budapest I to Budapest XXIII.

The capital's districts are small, and several are too small to tap comfortably at the scale of the whole country. The smallest of each cluster has its tap area widened beyond its shape; zoom in for the rest.

Pest County is the largest block of districts after the capital, with 18 around it. Baranya's Sásd district is named for its town here, though some sources still call it Hegyhát after the microregion.

The groups are the seven statistical regions, so the game lets you drill them one at a time. Each county answers under the same name in Hungary Counties, which groups by the same regions.

How to place one

Pick one region and learn it. Western Transdanubia has the fewest districts, which makes it the shortest round to start on.
Find the seats on the big rivers. The Danube, the Tisza and the Balaton shore each have a chain of districts, and Esztergom, Vác, Baja and Mohács sit on the Danube.
Treat Budapest as two halves. Districts I, II, XI and XII are on the Buda side, west of the river; V to X are on the Pest side, in the middle of it.
Use the counties for the plain. In the east a district is easier from the county around it than from its neighbours.

Every district, by region

Central Hungary41 districts: Aszód, Budakeszi, Budapest I, Budapest II, Budapest III, Budapest IV, Budapest IX, Budapest V, Budapest VI, Budapest VII, Budapest VIII, Budapest X, Budapest XI, Budapest XII, Budapest XIII, Budapest XIV, Budapest XIX, Budapest XV, Budapest XVI, Budapest XVII, Budapest XVIII, Budapest XX, Budapest XXI, Budapest XXII, Budapest XXIII, Cegléd, Dabas, Dunakeszi, Érd, Gödöllő, Gyál, Monor, Nagykáta, Nagykőrös, Pilisvörösvár, Ráckeve, Szentendre, Szigetszentmiklós, Szob, Vác, Vecsés
Northern Hungary29 districts: Balassagyarmat, Bátonyterenye, Bélapátfalva, Cigánd, Edelény, Eger, Encs, Füzesabony, Gönc, Gyöngyös, Hatvan, Heves, Kazincbarcika, Mezőcsát, Mezőkövesd, Miskolc, Ózd, Pásztó, Pétervására, Putnok, Rétság, Salgótarján, Sárospatak, Sátoraljaújhely, Szécsény, Szerencs, Szikszó, Tiszaújváros, Tokaj
Western Transdanubia20 districts: Celldömölk, Csorna, Győr, Kapuvár, Keszthely, Körmend, Kőszeg, Lenti, Letenye, Mosonmagyaróvár, Nagykanizsa, Pannonhalma, Sárvár, Sopron, Szentgotthárd, Szombathely, Tét, Vasvár, Zalaegerszeg, Zalaszentgrót
Southern Great Plain27 districts: Bácsalmás, Baja, Békés, Békéscsaba, Csongrád, Gyomaendrőd, Gyula, Hódmezővásárhely, Jánoshalma, Kalocsa, Kecskemét, Kiskőrös, Kiskunfélegyháza, Kiskunhalas, Kiskunmajsa, Kistelek, Kunszentmiklós, Makó, Mezőkovácsháza, Mórahalom, Orosháza, Sarkad, Szarvas, Szeged, Szeghalom, Szentes, Tiszakécske
Northern Great Plain32 districts: Baktalórántháza, Balmazújváros, Berettyóújfalu, Csenger, Debrecen, Derecske, Fehérgyarmat, Hajdúböszörmény, Hajdúhadház, Hajdúnánás, Hajdúszoboszló, Ibrány, Jászapáti, Jászberény, Karcag, Kemecse, Kisvárda, Kunhegyes, Kunszentmárton, Mátészalka, Mezőtúr, Nagykálló, Nyíradony, Nyírbátor, Nyíregyháza, Püspökladány, Szolnok, Tiszafüred, Tiszavasvári, Törökszentmiklós, Vásárosnamény, Záhony
Central Transdanubia25 districts: Ajka, Balatonalmádi, Balatonfüred, Bicske, Devecser, Dunaújváros, Enying, Esztergom, Gárdony, Kisbér, Komárom, Martonvásár, Mór, Oroszlány, Pápa, Polgárdi, Sárbogárd, Sümeg, Székesfehérvár, Tapolca, Tata, Tatabánya, Várpalota, Veszprém, Zirc
Southern Transdanubia24 districts: Barcs, Bóly, Bonyhád, Csurgó, Dombóvár, Fonyód, Kaposvár, Komló, Marcali, Mohács, Nagyatád, Paks, Pécs, Pécsvárad, Sásd, Sellye, Siklós, Siófok, Szekszárd, Szentlőrinc, Szigetvár, Tab, Tamási, Tolna

Worked examples

Budapest VII

The smallest of them

Budapest VII is Erzsébetváros, the old Jewish quarter, and the smallest district on the map, at about two square kilometres. It needs a tap area.

Kaposvár

The biggest of them

Kaposvár is the largest district, in Somogy, south of Lake Balaton, and it is larger than Budapest several times over.

Szentgotthárd

A district at the border

Szentgotthárd is the westernmost point of Vas, where Austria and Slovenia both touch the district. It is easy to place from its position alone, which makes it a good anchor for the districts around it.

Frequently asked questions

How many districts does Hungary have?

198 on this map: the 175 járás and the 23 districts of Budapest. Some sources count the capital as a single unit and give a smaller total.

What is a járás?

A district, the unit of state administration below the county. They were restored in 2013 after the old districts were abolished in 1983, and each is named for its seat.

Why are the Budapest districts numbered?

They date from the unification of Buda, Óbuda and Pest in 1873 and have been numbered since, with more added as the city grew. The numbers are what everyone uses for an address.

The tier above this one is Hungary Counties. For another country at this level, see Austria Districts.

Sources

geoBoundaries, Hungary ADM2 and ADM1, the boundaries; each district takes the county its centre falls in
Districts of Hungary, the tiers, and the Budapest districts

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