Pest County

Pest County
Descending, from top: the Börzsöny Mountain in Nagybörzsöny village, landscapes of Vác, and landscapes of Kemence
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County seat	Budapest
Government
• President of the General Assembly	István Szabó (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	6,393.14 km2 (2,468.41 sq mi)
Area rank	3rd in Hungary
Population (2011 census)
• Total	1,217,476
• Rank	1st in Hungary
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Postal code	20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53
ISO 3166 code	HU-PE
Website	www.pestmegye.hu

Pest County (Hungarian pronunciation: [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.

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.

Year	County population[1]	Change
1949	686,953	n/a
1960	781,501	13.76%
1970	878,644	12.43%
1980	973,830	10.83%
1990	949,842	-2.46%
2001	1,083,877	14.11%
2011	1,217,476 (record)	12.37%

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):^[2] 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:^[3]

• 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%.

Regional structure

District of Pest County

Politics

The Pest County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 43 counselors, with the following party composition:^[4]

Municipalities

City with county rights

• Érd – 63,631 (as of 2011)

Towns

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

Gallery

International relations

Pest County has a partnership relationship with:^[5]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pest County.

• Official site in Hungarian and English

Pest County
County seat: Budapest (not part of the county)
Cities and towns	Abony Albertirsa Aszód Biatorbágy Budakalász Budakeszi Budaörs Cegléd Dabas Dunaharaszti Dunakeszi Dunavarsány Érd Fót Göd Gödöllő Gyál Gyömrő Halásztelek Isaszeg Kistarcsa Maglód Monor Nagykáta Nagykőrös Nagymaros Ócsa Örkény Pécel Pilis Pilisvörösvár Pomáz Ráckeve Százhalombatta Szentendre Szigethalom Szigetszentmiklós Szob Tápiószele Tököl Törökbálint Tura Üllő Vác Vecsés Veresegyház Visegrád Zsámbék
Villages	Acsa Alsónémedi Apaj Áporka Bag Bernecebaráti Bénye Budajenő Bugyi Ceglédbercel Csemő Csévharaszt Csobánka Csomád Csömör Csörög Csővár Dánszentmiklós Dány Délegyháza Diósd Domony Dömsöd Dunabogdány Ecser Erdőkertes Farmos Felsőpakony Galgagyörk Galgahévíz Galgamácsa Gomba Herceghalom Hernád Hévízgyörk Iklad Inárcs Ipolydamásd Ipolytölgyes Jászkarajenő Kakucs Kartal Káva Kemence Kerepes Kiskunlacháza Kismaros Kisnémedi Kisoroszi Kocsér Kosd Kóspallag Kóka Kőröstetétlen Leányfalu Letkés Lórév Majosháza Makád Márianosztra Mende Mikebuda Mogyoród Nagybörzsöny Nagykovácsi Nagytarcsa Nyáregyháza Nyársapát Őrbottyán Pánd Páty Penc Perbál Perőcsény Péteri Pilisborosjenő Piliscsaba Pilisjászfalu Pilisszántó Pilisszentiván Pilisszentkereszt Pilisszentlászló Pócsmegyer Pusztavacs Pusztazámor Püspökhatvan Püspökszilágy Rád Remeteszőlős Solymár Sóskút Sülysáp Szada Szentlőrinckáta Szentmártonkáta Szigetbecse Szigetcsép Szigetmonostor Szigetszentmárton Szigetújfalu Szokolya Sződ Sződliget Tahitótfalu Taksony Tatárszentgyörgy Táborfalva Tápióbicske Tápiógyörgye Tápióság Tápiószecső Tápiószentmárton Tápiószőlős Tárnok Telki Tésa Tinnye Tóalmás Tök Törtel Újhartyán Újlengyel Újszilvás Úri Üröm Valkó Vasad Vácduka Vácegres Váchartyán Váckisújfalu Vácrátót Vácszentlászló Vámosmikola Verőce Verseg Zebegény Zsámbok
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Counties (megyék) of Hungary
Baranya Bács-Kiskun Békés Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Csongrád Fejér Győr-Moson-Sopron Hajdú-Bihar Heves Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Komárom-Esztergom Nógrád Pest Somogy Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Tolna Vas Veszprém Zala

Coordinates: 47°25′N 19°20′E / 47.417°N 19.333°E / 47.417; 19.333