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Tolna County

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Country
  
Hungary

County seat
  
Szekszárd

ISO 3166 code
  
HU-TO

Area code
  
75

Region
  
Southern Transdanubia

Area rank
  
15th in Hungary

Area
  
3,703 km²


Postal code
  
702x – 7252, 7352 – 7361

Clubs and Teams
  
Paksi FC, Atomerőmű KSC Szekszárd, Atomerőmű SE, Szekszárdi UFC

Points of interest
  
Castle of Ozora Pipo, Simontornya Castle, Gemenc, Wosinsky Mór Megyei M, Sió

Destinations
  
Danube, Danube‑Drava National, Szekszárd, Paks, Ozora

Tolna (German: Tolnau), (Latin: Tolnensis) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary and in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér, Bács-Kiskun, and Baranya. The capital of Tolna county is Szekszárd. Its area is 3703 km².

Contents

Map of Tolna County, Hungary

History

Tolna (in Latin: comitatus Tolnensis) was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 225,936 and the population density was 61/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 10,000) and Roma (8,500).

Total population (2011 census): 230,361
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 214 953 persons:

  • Hungarians: 194 685 (90,57%)
  • Germans: 10 195 (4,74%)
  • Gypsies: 8 768 (4,08%)
  • Others and indefinable: 1 305 (0,61%)

    • Approx. 32,000 persons in Tolna County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

    Religion

    Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

  • Catholic – 47.2% (Roman Catholic – 47.1%; Greek Catholic – 0.1%)
  • Reformed – 8.0%;
  • Evangelical – 3.0%;
  • Other religions – 1.1%;
  • Non-religious – 15.5%;
  • Atheism – 1.0%;
  • Undeclared – 24.1%.

    • Politics

    The Tolna County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:

    Cities with county rights

  • Szekszárd – county seat; 34,296 (as of 2011)

    • Towns

    (ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

    Villages

    municipalities are large villages.

    References

    Tolna County Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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