Veszprém county

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Veszprém
County seat : Veszprém
Surface: 4,463.65 km²
Residents: 344,302   Status: 2016

The Veszprém County [ vɛspreːm ] ( Veszprem , older even Weissenbrunn ) is a county (administrative district) in the west-central Hungary . It borders on Győr-Moson-Sopron , Komárom-Esztergom , Fejér , Somogy , Zala and Vas counties . At the beginning of 2016, 344,302 inhabitants lived on an area of ​​4,463.65 km², the county seat is the town of Veszprém . The population density of 79 inhabitants per km² is below the Hungarian average.

geography

Lake Balaton forms the southern border of this county . The chain of hills of the Bakony Forest runs through the country .

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 ten small areas in the county before it was dissolved. Two administrative units remained unchanged in their borders through the reform.

Former classification

Until the end of 2012, the following small areas ( kistérség ) existed in Veszprém county.

code Small area Administrative headquarters Population
(December 31, 2012) 		Area
in km² 		Number of
parishes		 including
cities
4902 Balatonalmadi Balatonalmádi 27,183 293.38 11 3
4903 Balatonfüred Balatonfüred 22,664 324.41 21st 1
4904 Father Father 58,930 1,021.10 49 1
4905 Sümeg Sümeg 15,390 306.48 21st 1
4906 Tapolca Tapolca 34,689 540.30 33 2
4907 Várolata Várpalota 36,814 280.78 7th 2
4908 Veszprém Veszprém 82,551 643.75 20th 2
4909 Zirc Zirc 20,032 339.30 16 1
4910 Ajka Ajka 40.141 355.76 12 1
4911 Devecser Devecser 13,966 387.67 27 1

Current classification

Veszprém county is divided into 10 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 217 localities: the city of Veszprém with county law (Hungarian Megyei jogú város ), 14 cities without county law (Hungarian város ), 3 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) and 199 municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) . The village of Balatonvilágos from the small area Balatonalmádi will move to Somogy County in early 2013 .

The counties in Veszprém county
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 1 126.90 2.84% 60,392 17.54% 475.9
Cities without county law 14th 737.78 16.53% 52.70 151.185 43.91% 10,799 204.9
Large municipalities 3 72.62 1.63% 24.21 8,939 2.60% 2,980 123.1
Communities 199 3,526.35 79.00% 17.72 123.786 35.95% 622 35.1
Veszprém county as a whole 217 4,463.65 20.57 344.302 1,587 77.1

The current circles are:

code circle Circular seat Residents
(January 1, 2013) 		Area
in km² 		Number of
parishes		 including
cities
183 Ajka Ajka 39,154 320.71 11 1
184 Balatonalmádi Balatonalmádi 24,479 239.75 10 3
185 Balatonfüred Balatonfüred 24,250 357.75 22nd 1
186 Devecser Devecser 14,948 421.73 28 1
187 Father Father 58,935 1,022.09 49 1
188 Sümeg Sümeg 15,390 306.48 21st 1
189 Tapolca Tapolca 34,689 540.30 33 2
190 Várpalota Várpalota 37,451 294.28 8th 2
191 Veszprém Veszprém 82,353 629.61 19th 2
192 Zirc Zirc 19,516 331.02 15th 1
Aerial view: Veszprém

Largest cities and towns

All places without a name are cities.

City / municipality Residents
(January 1, 2016)
Veszprém 60,392
Father 31,011
Ajka 28,284
Várpalota 19,640
Tapolca 15,459
Balatonfüred 13,082
Balatonalmádi 8,564
Zirc 6,899
Sümeg 6.133
Berhida 5,785
Pétfürdő , large municipality 4,752
Devecser 4,246
Balatonfűzfő 4,084
Herend 3,367
Csabrendek, large parish 3,046
Hajmáskér, parish 2,828
Szentgál, parish 2,736
Nemesvámos, parish 2,664
Balatonkenese 2,554
Öskü, parish 2,195
Litér, parish 2.174
Badacsonytomaj 2,077

Population development

Population development of the county

Dates in bold are census data

date population date population
01/01/1960 1 337.836 01/01/2007 363,706
01/01/1970 357.830 01/01/2008 361 620
01/01/1980 377.746 01/01/2009 360.387
01/01/1990 374.466 01/01/2010 358,807
01/01/2001 375.617 01/01/2011 356.573
02/01/2001 369,727 October 01, 2011 353.068
01/01/2002 374,578 01/01/2012 353,798
01/01/2003 369,747 01/01/2013 351.165
01/01/2004 368,519 01/01/2014 349.007
01/01/2005 366,555 01/01/2015 346,647
01/01/2006 365.009 01/01/2016 344.302

1  1960: present population; otherwise resident population

Population development of the districts

A negative population balance can be seen for all districts. Only the district of Balatonalmadi changed only slightly.

Population level on January 1st
District name 2013 2014 2015 2016
Ajka 39,154 38,784 38,456 38.096
Balatonalmádi 24,479 24,485 24,458 24,479
Balatonfüred 24,250 24,335 24,166 24,058
Devecser 14,948 14,778 14,601 14,385
Father 58,935 58,404 58,054 57,583
Sümeg 15,390 15,221 15,018 14,927
Tapolca 34,689 34,423 33,943 33,635
Várpalota 37,451 37,067 36,801 36,420
Veszprém 82,353 82.186 82.097 81,751
Zirc 19,516 19,324 19,053 18,968
 Veszprém county 351.165 349.007 346,647 344.302

religion

Religious affiliation in the county according to the 2016 census: 47.3% Catholic , 35.4% Reformed Hungarian , 9.8% Protestant , 1.4% Jewish and 6.1% no religion.

History and culture

Museums

The State Directorate of Veszprém County Museums is responsible for 10 county museums . The county seat is Veszprém .

  • Litér , open-air museum
  • Magyarpolány , Local History Museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum)
  • Nagyesztergár , Village Museum (Falumúzeum)
  • Nagyvázsony , Open Air Museum of Ethnology *
  • Nagyvázsony, Castle Museum
  • Nagyvázsony, Postal Museum
  • Nagyvázsony, Blacksmith Museum
  • Nemesvámos , Roman villa *
  • Pápa , Esterházy Palace and Local History Museum *
  • Pápa, Pharmacy Museum (Patikamúzeum)
  • Pápa, Blueprint Museum
  • Pápa, Ecclesiastical Collection of the Theological Academy
  • Sáska , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum)
  • Sümeg , castle museum
  • Tapolca , City Museum (Városi Múzeum)
  • Tihany , Open-Air Museum of Ethnology *
  • Tihany, doll museum
  • Úrkút , Village Museum (Falumúzeum)
  • Várpalota , Hungarian Museum of Chemistry
  • Várpalota, Trianon Museum
  • Veszprém , Laczkó Dezső County Museum *
  • Veszprém, Bakony House *
  • Veszprém, Dezső Laczkó Museum *
  • Veszprém, House of Arts
  • Veszprém, Museum of the Hungarian Construction Industry
  • Zirc , Antal Reguly Museum
  • Zirc, Natural Science Museum of Bakony
  • Zirc, Agricultural Technical Collection of the Technical University

* County Museum

Picture gallery

  • Monastery Zirc

  • Ajka

  • Balatonfüred

  • Church in Balatonalmádi

Web links

Commons : Veszprém county  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 6.1.1. Resident population by sex, January 1st (2001-) (STADAT table). KSH, accessed February 12, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2013. (PDF) KSH, accessed on February 12, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also XLS file).
  3. ^ Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary. KSH, accessed February 12, 2017 (Hungarian / English).
  4. ↑ KSH: Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2016. In: Minden helység adata. KSH, accessed on March 7, 2017 (Hungarian / English, also PDF file).
  5. ↑ Veszprém County Museums Directorate , VMMI (Veszprém Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága)

Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '  N , 17 ° 45'  E