Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: város, plural: városok; the terminology does not distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek) of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: nagyközség, plural: nagyközségek). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 25 of the towns are so-called cities with county rights. All county seats except Budapest are cities with county rights.
Four of the cities ( Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, and Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development. [1]
The largest city is the capital, Budapest, while the smallest town is Pálháza with 1038 inhabitants (2010). The largest village is Solymár (population: 10,123 as of 2010). There are more than 100 villages with fewer than 100 inhabitants while the smallest villages have fewer than 20 inhabitants.
Bold:
City with county rights.
Italics:
Capital city.
City / town | County | Population | Peak population | Metropolitan area (2024) | ||||
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1949 Census | 1990 Census | 2011 Census | 2022 Census | |||||
1. | Budapest | Budapest ( Pest) | 1,590,316 | 2,016,681 | 1,733,685 | 1,685,342 | 2,113,034 (1989) | 2,852,414 |
2. | Debrecen | Hajdú-Bihar | 115,399 | 212,235 | 211,340 | 199,858 | 217,706 (1994) | 256,892 |
3. | Szeged | Csongrád-Csanád | 104,867 | 175,301 | 168,048 | 158,797 | 178,878 (1994) | 193,678 |
4. | Miskolc | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 109,841 | 196,442 | 167,754 | 147,533 | 211,345 (1985) | 221,987 |
5. | Pécs | Baranya | 89,470 | 170,039 | 156,049 | 139,330 | 172,177 (1994) | 167,885 |
6. | Győr | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 69,583 | 129,331 | 129,527 | 127,599 | 133,946 (2020) | 204,175 |
7. | Nyíregyháza | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 56,334 | 114,152 | 119,746 | 116,282 | 119,746 (2011) | 159,123 |
8. | Kecskemét | Bács-Kiskun | 61,730 | 102,516 | 111,411 | 108,120 | 112,233 (2010) | 172,787 |
Sources: [2] [3] |
City / town | County | Population | Peak population |
Metropolitan area (2024) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 Census | 1990 Census | 2011 Census | 2022 Census | |||||
9. | Székesfehérvár | Fejér | 42,260 | 108,958 | 100,570 | 95.045 | 109,762 (1993) | 147,543 |
10. | Szombathely | Vas | 47,589 | 85,617 | 78,884 | 78,190 | 85,932 (1994) | 110,323 |
11. | Érd | Pest | 16,444 | 43,327 | 63,631 | 71,253 | 71,425 (2022) | Budapest |
12. | Szolnok | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 37,520 | 78,328 | 72,953 | 66,061 | 80,859 (1994) | 106,303 |
13. | Tatabánya | Komárom-Esztergom | 40,221 | 74,277 | 67,753 | 65,830 | 75,921 (1980) | - |
14. | Sopron | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 36,506 | 55,083 | 60,548 | 60,334 | 63,065 (2020) | - |
15. | Kaposvár | Somogy | 37,945 | 71,788 | 66,245 | 59,397 | 74,101 (1979) | - |
16. | Békéscsaba | Békés | 44,053 | 67,157 | 62,050 | 55,164 | 68,044 (1980) | - |
17. | Veszprém | Veszprém | 20,682 | 63,867 | 61,721 | 55,910 | 65,789 (1994) | - |
18. | Zalaegerszeg | Zala | 21,668 | 62,212 | 59,499 | 54,428 | 62,908 (1994) | - |
Source: [3] |
City / town | County | Population | Top population |
Metropolitan area (2021) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 Census | 2011 Census | 2022 Census | ||||||
19. | Eger | Heves | 32,352 | 56,569 | 49,128 | 63,794 (1994) | - | |
20. | Nagykanizsa | Zala | 33,158 | 49,026 | 43,228 | 54,052 (1990) | - | |
21. | Dunakeszi | Pest | 11,029 | 40,545 | 43,858 | 43,990 (2021) | Budapest | |
22. | Hódmezővásárhely | Csongrád-Csanád | 49,417 | 46,047 | 41,634 | 54,486 (1980) | Szeged | |
23. | Dunaújváros | Fejér | 3,949 | 48,484 | 42,099 | 60,736 (1980) | - | |
24. | Szigetszentmiklós | Pest | 5,865 | 34,708 | 40,678 | 40,679 (2022) | Budapest | |
25. | Cegléd | Pest | 35,237 | 36,645 | 36,200 | 40,644 (1980) | - | |
26. | Vác | Pest | 21,287 | 33,831 | 34,449 | 34,866 (1980) | Budapest | |
27. | Mosonmagyaróvár | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 16,546 | 32,004 | 33,935 | 34,439 (2021) | - | |
28. | Baja | Bács-Kiskun | 27,936 | 36,267 | 33,140 | 39,822 (1994) | - | |
29. | Gödöllő | Pest | 12,216 | 32,522 | 32,625 | 32,625 (2022) | Budapest | |
30. | Salgótarján | Nógrád | 32,571 | 37,262 | 31,312 | 50,120 (1980) | - | |
31. | Ózd | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 29,184 | 34,481 | 31,022 | 48,636 (1981) | - | |
Source: [3] |
Sources: [3] [5] 24,000 – 15,000
15,000 – 5,000
< 5,000
In 1910, the ten largest cities in the Kingdom of Hungary (including Croatia-Slavonia) were: [6]
Out of Hungary's ten largest cities in 1910, five are now located outside of the Kingdom of Hungary as a result of post-World War I border changes.
Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: város, plural: városok; the terminology does not distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek) of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: nagyközség, plural: nagyközségek). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 25 of the towns are so-called cities with county rights. All county seats except Budapest are cities with county rights.
Four of the cities ( Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, and Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development. [1]
The largest city is the capital, Budapest, while the smallest town is Pálháza with 1038 inhabitants (2010). The largest village is Solymár (population: 10,123 as of 2010). There are more than 100 villages with fewer than 100 inhabitants while the smallest villages have fewer than 20 inhabitants.
Bold:
City with county rights.
Italics:
Capital city.
City / town | County | Population | Peak population | Metropolitan area (2024) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 Census | 1990 Census | 2011 Census | 2022 Census | |||||
1. | Budapest | Budapest ( Pest) | 1,590,316 | 2,016,681 | 1,733,685 | 1,685,342 | 2,113,034 (1989) | 2,852,414 |
2. | Debrecen | Hajdú-Bihar | 115,399 | 212,235 | 211,340 | 199,858 | 217,706 (1994) | 256,892 |
3. | Szeged | Csongrád-Csanád | 104,867 | 175,301 | 168,048 | 158,797 | 178,878 (1994) | 193,678 |
4. | Miskolc | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 109,841 | 196,442 | 167,754 | 147,533 | 211,345 (1985) | 221,987 |
5. | Pécs | Baranya | 89,470 | 170,039 | 156,049 | 139,330 | 172,177 (1994) | 167,885 |
6. | Győr | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 69,583 | 129,331 | 129,527 | 127,599 | 133,946 (2020) | 204,175 |
7. | Nyíregyháza | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 56,334 | 114,152 | 119,746 | 116,282 | 119,746 (2011) | 159,123 |
8. | Kecskemét | Bács-Kiskun | 61,730 | 102,516 | 111,411 | 108,120 | 112,233 (2010) | 172,787 |
Sources: [2] [3] |
City / town | County | Population | Peak population |
Metropolitan area (2024) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 Census | 1990 Census | 2011 Census | 2022 Census | |||||
9. | Székesfehérvár | Fejér | 42,260 | 108,958 | 100,570 | 95.045 | 109,762 (1993) | 147,543 |
10. | Szombathely | Vas | 47,589 | 85,617 | 78,884 | 78,190 | 85,932 (1994) | 110,323 |
11. | Érd | Pest | 16,444 | 43,327 | 63,631 | 71,253 | 71,425 (2022) | Budapest |
12. | Szolnok | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 37,520 | 78,328 | 72,953 | 66,061 | 80,859 (1994) | 106,303 |
13. | Tatabánya | Komárom-Esztergom | 40,221 | 74,277 | 67,753 | 65,830 | 75,921 (1980) | - |
14. | Sopron | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 36,506 | 55,083 | 60,548 | 60,334 | 63,065 (2020) | - |
15. | Kaposvár | Somogy | 37,945 | 71,788 | 66,245 | 59,397 | 74,101 (1979) | - |
16. | Békéscsaba | Békés | 44,053 | 67,157 | 62,050 | 55,164 | 68,044 (1980) | - |
17. | Veszprém | Veszprém | 20,682 | 63,867 | 61,721 | 55,910 | 65,789 (1994) | - |
18. | Zalaegerszeg | Zala | 21,668 | 62,212 | 59,499 | 54,428 | 62,908 (1994) | - |
Source: [3] |
City / town | County | Population | Top population |
Metropolitan area (2021) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1949 Census | 2011 Census | 2022 Census | ||||||
19. | Eger | Heves | 32,352 | 56,569 | 49,128 | 63,794 (1994) | - | |
20. | Nagykanizsa | Zala | 33,158 | 49,026 | 43,228 | 54,052 (1990) | - | |
21. | Dunakeszi | Pest | 11,029 | 40,545 | 43,858 | 43,990 (2021) | Budapest | |
22. | Hódmezővásárhely | Csongrád-Csanád | 49,417 | 46,047 | 41,634 | 54,486 (1980) | Szeged | |
23. | Dunaújváros | Fejér | 3,949 | 48,484 | 42,099 | 60,736 (1980) | - | |
24. | Szigetszentmiklós | Pest | 5,865 | 34,708 | 40,678 | 40,679 (2022) | Budapest | |
25. | Cegléd | Pest | 35,237 | 36,645 | 36,200 | 40,644 (1980) | - | |
26. | Vác | Pest | 21,287 | 33,831 | 34,449 | 34,866 (1980) | Budapest | |
27. | Mosonmagyaróvár | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 16,546 | 32,004 | 33,935 | 34,439 (2021) | - | |
28. | Baja | Bács-Kiskun | 27,936 | 36,267 | 33,140 | 39,822 (1994) | - | |
29. | Gödöllő | Pest | 12,216 | 32,522 | 32,625 | 32,625 (2022) | Budapest | |
30. | Salgótarján | Nógrád | 32,571 | 37,262 | 31,312 | 50,120 (1980) | - | |
31. | Ózd | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 29,184 | 34,481 | 31,022 | 48,636 (1981) | - | |
Source: [3] |
Sources: [3] [5] 24,000 – 15,000
15,000 – 5,000
< 5,000
In 1910, the ten largest cities in the Kingdom of Hungary (including Croatia-Slavonia) were: [6]
Out of Hungary's ten largest cities in 1910, five are now located outside of the Kingdom of Hungary as a result of post-World War I border changes.