List of cities and towns in Hungary

Hungary has 3152 localities as of July 1, 2009. 328 towns (Hungarian term: város, plural: városok; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2824 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek). 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 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties (megyei jogú város – town with county rights). All county seats except Budapest are urban counties, together with 5 other towns having more than 50 thousand population.

Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, 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, 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.

Largest cities in Hungary[]

Over 100,000 (big cities)[]

Name	Population (1949)	Top population	Population (2013)	Metropolitan area	Status
Budapest	1,590,316	2,059,226 (1980)	1,735,711(2013)	2,503,105 (2009)	Capital city
Debrecen	115,399	212,235 (1990)	204,333 (2013)	237,888 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Miskolc	109,841	208,103 (1980)	162,905 (2013)	216,470 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Szeged	104,867	169,930 (1990)	161,837 (2013)	201,307 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Pécs	89,470	170,039 (1990)	147,719 (2013)	179,215 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Győr	69,583	131,564 (2012)	128,567 (2013)	182,776 (2005)	Regional centre, county seat, urban county
Nyíregyháza	56,334	119,852 (2011)	118,185 (2013)	-	County seat, urban county
Kecskemét	61,730	111,863 (2013)	111,863 (2013)	-	County seat, urban county
Székesfehérvár	42,260	108,958 (1990)	99,247 (2013)	-	Regional centre, county seat, urban county

50,000–100,000 (medium-sized cities)[]

Name	Population (1949)	Top population	Population (2012)	Metropolitan area	Status
Szombathely	47,589	85,617(1990)	79,348	-	County seat, urban county
File:HUN Szolnok COA.jpg Szolnok	37,520	78,328 (1990)	74,341	-	County seat, urban county
Tatabánya	40,221	75,921 (1980)	70,003	-	County seat, urban county
Kaposvár	37,945	72,377 (1980)	67,686	-	County seat, urban county
Érd	16,444	65,277 (2012)	65,277	Budapest	Urban county
Veszprém	20,682	64,024 (2012)	64,024	-	County seat, urban county
Békéscsaba	44,053	68,044 (1980)	63,752	-	County seat, urban county
Zalaegerszeg	21,668	62,121 (1990)	61,390	-	County seat, urban county
Sopron	36,506	61,849 (2012)	61,849	-	Urban county
Eger	32,352	61,892 (1990)	56,166	-	County seat, urban county
Nagykanizsa	33,158	54,052 (1990)	50,101	-	Urban county

30,000–50,000 (towns)[]

Name	Population	Metropolitan area	Status	County
Dunaújváros	48,010	-	Urban county	Fejér
Hódmezővásárhely	46,522	-	Urban county	Csongrád
Dunakeszi	40,334	Budapest		Pest
Cegléd	37,778	-		Pest
Baja	37,330	-		Bács-Kiskun
Salgótarján	36,467	-	County seat, urban county	Nógrád
Szigetszentmiklós	34,877	Budapest		Pest
Vác	34,810	Budapest		Pest
Gödöllő	34,172	Budapest		Pest
Ózd	33,750	-		Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Szekszárd	33,311	-	County seat, urban county	Tolna
Mosonmagyaróvár	32,720	-		Győr-Moson-Sopron
Gyöngyös	32,385	-		Heves
Pápa	32,052	-		Veszprém
Gyula	31,679	-		Békés
Hajdúböszörmény	31,306	-		Hajdú-Bihar
Esztergom	30,434	-		Komárom-Esztergom
Kiskunfélegyháza	30,305	-		Bács-Kiskun