Somogy county

This article deals with the current Hungarian county "Somogy", for a description of the historical county of the same name see Somogy county (historical) .

Somogy

Somogy
County seat :	Kaposvár
Surface:	6,065 km²
Residents:	309.115   as of 2016

Somogy [ ˈʃomoɟ ] (German Schomodei ) is a county (administrative district) in southwest Hungary . It borders with Croatia and the counties of Zala , Veszprém , Fejér , Tolna and Baranya . It has an area of ​​6065.06 km² and (beginning of 2016 ) 309,115 inhabitants. The county seat is Kaposvár .

geography

The area is mostly hilly. The southern border with Croatia is the Drava , which is the only river worth mentioning. In the north the county borders on Lake Balaton .

structure

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 eleven small areas in the county before it was dissolved. Four administrative units remained unchanged in their borders during the reform (Barcs, Csurgó, Nagyatád and Tab).

Counties in Somogy county

Former classification

By the end of 2012, the following 11 small areas existed in Somogy County:

code	Small area	Administrative headquarters	Population (December 31, 2012)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
4401	Barcs	Barcs	23,817	696.47	26th	1
4402	Csurgó	Csurgó	16.807	496.19	18th	1
4403	Fonyód	Fonyód	23,616	372.82	11	3
4404	Kaposvár	Kaposvár	97.040	1041.14	54	2
4405	Lengyeltóti	Lengyeltóti	10,983	272.62	10	1
4406	Marcali	Marcali	35,301	922.5	38	1
4407	Nagyatád	Nagyatád	26,100	647.07	18th	1
4408	Siófok	Siófok	39.091	386.11	11	2
4409	tab	tab	12,786	427.24	24	1
4410	Balatonföldvár	Balatonföldvár	11,475	241.73	13	1
4411	Kadarkút	Kadarkút	19,885	531.96	23	2

Current classification

Somogy county is divided into 8 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 246 villages:
the city of Kaposvár with county law (Hungarian Megyei jogú város ), 15 cities without county law (Hungarian város ), 2 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) and 228 municipalities (Hungarian község ) .

Location type	number	Area  (in km²)			Population  on January 1, 2016			Population density  (Ew / km²)
		absolutely	proportionally	on average	absolutely	proportionally	on average
City with county law	1	113.59	1.87%		63.186	20.44%		556.3
Cities without county law	15th	920.56	15.18%	61.37	97,346	31.49%	6,489.73	105.7
Large municipalities	2	83.89	1.38%	41.95	4,510	1.46%	2,255.00	53.8
Communities	228	4,947.02	81.57%	21.70	144.073	46.61%	631.90	29.1
Somogy county as a whole	246	6,065.06		24.65	309.115		1,256.57	51.0

The current circles are:

code	circle	Circular seat	Residents (January 1, 2013)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
140	Barcs	Barcs	23,817	696.47	26th	1
141	Csurgó	Csurgó	16.807	496.19	18th	1
142	Fonyód	Fonyód	34,599	645.44	21st	4th
143	Kaposvár	Kaposvár	117,492	1591.36	78	4th
144	Marcali	Marcali	34,734	904.24	37	1
145	Nagyatád	Nagyatád	26,100	647.07	18th	1
146	Siófok	Siófok	51,761	657.05	24	3
147	tab	tab	12,786	427.24	24	1

At the beginning of 2013, the village of Balatonvilágos moved from the small area Balatonalmádi in Veszprém County to Siófok County in Somogy County.

Largest cities and towns

See also : List of municipalities in Somogy county

city	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Kaposvár 1	63.186
Siófok 1	25,364
Marcali 1	11,352
Barcs 1	10,698
Nagyatád 1	10,468
Balatonboglár 1	5,673
Balatonlelle 1	5,235
Csurgó 1	4,932
Fonyód 1	4,745
Tab 1	4,301
Nagybajom 1	3,309

city	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Lengyeltóti 1	2,952
Balatonszabadi 2	2,951
Berzence 3	2,549
Segesd 2	2,453
Kaposmérő 2	2,427
Zamardi 1	2,422
Kadarkút 1	2,418
Kéthely 2	2,280
Böhönye 2	2,254
Balatonföldvár 1	2,150
Ádánd 2	2.112

¹ city ​​( város )
² municipality ( köszég )
³ large municipality ( nagyköszeg )

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  Kereki - castle

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  Aerial photo: Nagyberki Palace

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  Aerial view: Iharosberény Palace

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  Aerial view: Babócsa Castle

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  Former castle in Barcs

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  Csurgó - high school

Population development

Population development of the county

Dates in bold are census results.

date	population	date	population
01/01/1960 1	368.183	01/01/2007	329.722
01/01/1970	357.009	01/01/2008	326.238
01/01/1980	360.270	01/01/2009	323,389
01/01/1990	344,708	01/01/2010	321.764
01/01/2001	339.142	01/01/2011	319.120
02/01/2001	335.237	October 01, 2011	316.137
01/01/2002	337.992	01/01/2012	320.006
01/01/2003	336.905	01/01/2013	318.096
01/01/2004	335.282	01/01/2014	315,512
01/01/2005	333.017	01/01/2015	312.084
01/01/2006	330,634	01/01/2016	309.115

¹ 1960: present population; otherwise resident population

Population development of the districts

A negative population balance can be seen for all districts.

District name	Population level on January 1st
	2013	2014	2015	2016
Barcs	23,817	23,596	23,262	22,868
Csurgó	16.807	16,485	16,377	16.199
Fonyód	34,599	34,222	33,935	33,593
Kaposvár	117,492	116,547	115.017	113,886
Marcali	34,734	34,620	34,085	33,750
Nagyatád	26,100	25,833	25,542	25,282
Siófok	51,761	51,544	51,369	51,222
tab	12,786	12,665	12,497	12,315
Somogy county	318.096	315,512	312.084	309.115

History and culture

Museums

See also : List of museums in Hungary

The Somogy County Museum Directorate is responsible for four county museums . The county seat is the town of Kaposvár .

Balatonboglár , Fischl House Balatonlelle , Kapoli Museum and Gallery Balatonszemes , Postal Museum * Balatonszemes, Zoltán-Latinovits Memorial Museum Barcs , Dráva Museum Bárdudvarnok , Gosztonyi villa Buzsák , village museum Csurgó , City Museum (Városi Múzeum) Fonyód , City Museum (Városi Múzeum) Gölle , István Fekete Memorial Museum (Emlékmúzeum) Kaposvár , József Rippl Rónai Museum *

Kaposvár, József Rippl-Rónai Memorial Museum * (Emlékmúzeum) Kaposvár, János Vaszary Museum Kaposvár, sports museum Kaposvár, mineral collection * Karád , Village Museum (Falumúzeum) Marcali , József Lengyel Home Museum Nagybajom , István Sárközy Museum Nagyatád , City Museum (Városi Múzeum) Nikla , Dániel Berzsenyi- -Gedenkmuseum (Emlékmúzeum) Siófok , Mineral Museum Siófok, Egg Museum (Tojás Múzeum)

Siófok, Imre Kálmán Museum Somogyfajsz , foundry museum Somogytúr , Lajos Kunffy -Gedenkmuseum (Emlékmúzeum) Szántódpuszta , Heath Museum Szenna , Open Air Museum of Ethnology Újvárfalva , Gáspár Noszlopy -Gedenkmuseum (Emlékmúzeum) Várda , Endre Szász Museum Vörs , fire department museum Zala , Mihály Zichy Memorial Museum (Emlékmúzeum) Zamárdi , Village Museum (Falumúzeum)

* County Museum

Web links

Commons : Somogy county  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Somogy County Self-Government (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary
2. ↑ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2013 (Hungarian / English)
3. ↑ KSH: Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2016. In: Minden helység adata. KSH, accessed on March 7, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also PDF file). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} 6.1.1. Resident population by sex, January 1st (2001-) (STADAT table). KSH, accessed February 17, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Directorate of Museums of Somogy County SMMI (Somogy Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága)

Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '  N , 17 ° 35'  E