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Country
  
Hungary

County seat
  
Budapest

Area
  
6,393 km²

Region
  
Central Hungary

Area rank
  
3rd in Hungary

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Postal code
  
20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x,2680 – 2683, 27xx

Area code(s)
  
(+36) 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53

Colleges and Universities
  
Szent István University, Sola Scriptura Theological College

Clubs and Teams
  
Dunakanyar-Vác FC, FC Dabas, Ceglédi VSE

Points of interest
  
Gödöllő Palace, Hungaroring, Visegrad Castle, Hungarian Open Air Museum, Vácrátót Botanical Garden

Destinations
  
Danube, Szentendre, Kiskunság National, Vác, Visegrád

Hungary pest county west small towns and scenery


Pest County ([ˈpɛʃt]) is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér, and Komárom-Esztergom. The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate), but it is planned to completely separate the capital from the county at least until 2020, as it loses catch-up aids from the European Union because of the high development of Budapest.

Contents

Map of Pest County, Hungary

History

The present county Pest was formed after World War II, when the former county Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun was split in two parts (the other part is within present-day Bács-Kiskun). Pest County also existed in the early days of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary (11th century). Its territory comprised approximately the north-eastern part of present Pest County. It was combined with adjacent Pilis county before the 15th century. More information can be found at the entry of former Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county.

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 1,226,115 and the population density was 192/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 25,000), Roma (20,000), Slovaks (6,000), Romanians (4,000) and Serbs (1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 1,217,476
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 1,090,882 persons:

  • Hungarians: 1,024,768 (93.94%)
  • Germans: 24,994 (2.29%)
  • Gypsies: 20,065 (1.84%)
  • Others and indefinable: 21,055 (1.93%)

    • Approx. 178,000 persons in Pest County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

    Religion

    Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

  • Catholic – 36.6% (Roman Catholic – 35.8%; Greek Catholic – 0.8%);
  • Reformed – 11.1%;
  • Evangelical – 2.7%;
  • Orthodox – 0.1%;
  • Judaism – 0.1%;
  • Other religions – 2.2%;
  • Non-religious – 16.5%;
  • Atheism – 1.6%;
  • Undeclared – 29.2%.

    • Politics

    The Pest County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 43 counselors, with the following party composition:

    City with county rights

  • Érd – 63,631 (as of 2011)

    • Towns

    (ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

    Villages

    municipalities are large villages.

    International relations

    Pest County has a partnership relationship with:

    References

    Pest County Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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