Somogy County

Somogy County
Somogy vármegye
Sunset in Lake Balaton
Somogyvár Abbey
Pedestrian Street, Kaposvár
Descending, from top: Sunset in Lake Balaton, Somogyvár Abbey, and Downtown of Kaposvár
Flag of Somogy County
Coat of arms of Somogy County
Somogy County within Hungary
Somogy County within Hungary
Coordinates: 46°25′N 17°35′E / 46.417°N 17.583°E / 46.417; 17.583
CountryHungary
RegionSouthern Transdanubia
County seatKaposvár
Districts
Government
 • BodySomogy County Council
 • President of the General AssemblyNorbert Bíró (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
 • Total
6,065.07 km2 (2,341.74 sq mi)
 • Rank5th in Hungary
Population
 (2018)
 • Total
303,802[1]
 • Rank13th in Hungary
GDP
 • TotalHUF 683 billion
€2.195 billion (2016)
Postal code
7253 – 729x, 74xx – 75xx, 7918, 7977 – 7979, 86xx – 873x, 884x – 885x
Area code(s)(+36) 82, 84, 85
ISO 3166 codeHU-SO
Websitewww.som-onkorm.hu

Somogy (Hungarian: Somogy vármegye, pronounced [ˈʃomoɟ]; Croatian: Šomođska županija; Slovene: Šomodska županija, German: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.

Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica-Križevci and Virovitica-Podravina counties. It stretches between the river Dráva and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna, and Baranya. Somogy is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The county capital is Kaposvár. Its area is 6,036 km2.