List of regions of Hungary

There are eight statistical regions of Hungary, These regions consist of the 19 Counties of Hungary and the capital city. There were seven regions created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI but since 2018 the capital Budapest has left the Central Hungary region and become its own region.

Northern HungarySouthern Great PlainNorthern Great PlainCentral TransdanubiaCentral HungaryWestern TransdanubiaSouthern Transdanubia
Regions of Hungary
Name of the region Regional centre Area
(km2)[1]
Population
[2]
Density
(/km2)
Northern Hungary (Észak-Magyaroszág) Miskolc 13,426 1,102,064 82
Northern Great Plain (Észak-Alföld) Debrecen 17,723 1,423,751 80
Southern Great Plain (Dél-Alföld) Szeged 18,336 1,213,595 66
Budapest (Budapest) [n.a.] 510 1,706,851 3,347
Central Hungary (Közép-Magyarország) Budapest 6,281 1,325,036 211
Central Transdanubia (Közép-Dunántúl) Székesfehérvár 11,329 1,060,703 94
Western Transdanubia (Nyugat-Dunántúl) Győr 11,086 983,933 89
Southern Transdanubia (Dél-Dunántúl) Pécs 14,197 900,868 63
  1. ^ Area by NUTS 3 region (reg_area3) (PDF). Brussels: EUROSTAT. 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ Population by broad age group and NUTS 3 regions (cens_21agr3) (PDF). Brussels: EUROSTAT. 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2024.