Komárom-Esztergom county

**Komárom-Esztergom**


Komárom-Esztergom
County seat :	Tatabánya
Surface:	2,265 km²
Residents:	297,914 as of 2016

Komárom-Esztergom [ ˈkomaːrom ˈɛstɛrɡom ] ( German Komorn-Gran ) is a county (administrative district) in northern Hungary . It has an area of 2,264.35 km² and 297,914 inhabitants (2016). It is named after the towns of Komárom and Esztergom and was created by merging their counties, but the county seat is Tatabánya . In the north it borders on Slovakia . Its neighboring counties are Pest , Fejér , Veszprém and Győr-Moson-Sopron .

geography

The Danube forms the northern border. At the northeasternmost point of the county is the Danube Bend , where the Danube turns sharply south.

structure

The districts in Komárom-Esztergom county

With the government ordinance No. 218/2012 of August 13, 2012, the statistical small regions (Hungarian kistérség ) were abolished on January 1, 2013 and replaced by an approximately equal number of districts (Hungarian járás ). The small areas were retained for a while for planning and statistical purposes, but were finally abolished on February 25, 2014. There were seven small areas in the county before it was dissolved. Five administrative units remained unchanged in their borders due to the reform.

Former classification

The following small areas ( kistérség ) existed in Komárom-Esztergom county until the end of 2012 .

code	Small area	Administrative headquarters	Population (December 31, 2012)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
4101	Dorog	Dorog	38,851	232.57	15th	1
4102	Esztergom	Esztergom	54051	304.69	9	3
4103	Kisbér	Kisbér	20221	510.55	17th	3
4104	Kómarom	Komárom	39559	378.78	9	1
4105	Oroszlány	Oroszlány	25973	199.39	6th	1
4106	Tata	Tata	38742	306.71	10	1
4107	Tatabánya	Tatabánya	85054	331.65	10	1

Current classification

Komárom-Esztergom county is divided into 6 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 76 localities: the city of Tatabánya with county law (Hungarian Megyei jogú város ), 11 towns without county law (Hungarian város ), 2 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) and 62 municipalities (Hungarian) község ).

Location type	number	Area (in km²)			Population on January 1, 2016			Population density (Ew / km²)
Location type	number	absolutely	proportionally	on average	absolutely	proportionally	on average	Population density (Ew / km²)
City with county law	1	91.42	4.04%	91.42	66,362	22.28%	66,362	725.9
Cities without county law	11	603.15	26.64%	54.83	133,462	44.80%	12,133	221.3
Large municipalities	2	66.26	2.93%	33.13	6,859	2.30%	3,430	103.5
Communities	62	1,503.52	66.40%	24.25	91,231	30.62%	1,471	60.7
Kom. Komárom-Esztergom	76	2,264.35		29.79	297.914		3,920	131.6

The current circles are:

code	circle	Circular seat	Residents (January 1, 2013)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
110	Esztergom	Esztergom	92902	537.26	24	4th
111	Kisbér	Kisbér	20221	510.55	17th	1
112	Komárom	Komárom	39559	378.78	9	3
113	Oroszlány	Oroszlány	25973	199.39	6th	1
114	Tata	Tata	38742	306.71	10	1
115	Tatabánya	Tatabánya	85054	331.65	10	1

Aerial view: Esztergom

Aerial view: Dorog

Largest cities and towns

All places without a name are cities.

City / municipality	German name	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Tatabánya	Totiser Colony	66,362
Esztergom	Gran	27,990
Tata	Totis	23,445
Komárom	Komorn	18,786
Oroszlány	Ear rattle	17,983
Dorog	Drostdorf	11,855
Nyergesújfalu	Sattel-Neudorf	7,378
Ács	Atsch	6,793
Kisbér	Beer	5,357
Did	Taath	5,241
Lábatlan	Labeland	4,794
Koernye parish	Kirnau	4,414
Tokod , large parish	Erbstolln	3,981
Bábolna		3,840
Csolnok , parish		3,068

Population development

Population development of the county

Noteworthy is a steady decrease in the population since 2006. Dates in bold are census data.

date	population	date	population
01/01/1960 ¹	270.810	01/01/2007	315.136
01/01/1970	303,000	01/01/2008	314,649
01/01/1980	322,893	01/01/2009	314,450
01/01/1990	316.984	01/01/2010	312,431
01/01/2001	316.998	01/01/2011	311.411
02/01/2001	316,590	October 01, 2011	304,568
01/01/2002	317.110	01/01/2012	303.864
01/01/2003	315,515	01/01/2013	302.451
01/01/2004	315,886	01/01/2014	300,677
01/01/2005	315,544	01/01/2015	299.110
01/01/2006	314,783	01/01/2016	297.914

¹1960: present population; otherwise resident population

Population development of the districts

A negative population balance can be seen for all districts.

	Population level on January 1st
District name	2013	2014	2015	2016
Esztergom	92.902	92,341	91.506	91.011
Kisbér	20,221	20,033	19,886	19,828
Komárom	39,559	39,236	39,095	38,970
Oroszlány	25,973	25,750	25,636	25,528
Tata	38,742	38,626	38,565	38,488
Tatabánya	85.054	84,691	84,422	84,089
Komárom-Esztergom	302.451	300,677	299.110	297.914