Zala County

Zala County Zala vármegye
County
Descending, from top: Hills near Söjtör, Lake Hévíz, and Downtown of Zalaegerszeg
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Zala County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Western Transdanubia
County seat	Zalaegerszeg
Districts	6 districts Keszthely District Lenti District Letenye District Nagykanizsa District Zalaegerszeg District Zalaszentgrót District
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Dr. Attila Pál (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	3,783.89 km2 (1,460.97 sq mi)
• Rank	14th in Hungary
Population  (2018)
• Total	270,634[1]
• Rank	16th in Hungary
GDP [2]
• Total	HUF 747 billion €2.398 billion (2016)
Postal code	8353 – 839x, 874x – 879x, 880x – 883x, 8855, 8856, 886x – 889x, 89xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 83, 92, 93
ISO 3166 code	HU-ZA
Website	www.zala.hu

Zala (Hungarian: Zala vármegye, pronounced [ˈzɒlɒ]; Croatian: Zalska županija; županija Zala) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia (Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava and Moravske Toplice) and the Hungarian counties Vas, Veszprém and Somogy. The seat of Zala County is Zalaegerszeg. Its area is 3,784 square kilometres (1,461 sq mi). Lake Balaton lies partly in the county.