List of municipalities in Baranya County

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Pécs is the largest city in the county

This list includes the towns and municipalities of Baranya County in Hungary . There are a total of 301 municipalities in Baranya , of which 14 municipalities with and 287 municipalities without municipal rights .

Each municipality has a mayor ( polgármester in Hungarian ) elected directly by the citizens . Each municipality has its own income, but can also receive subsidies from the central state budget. The obligations of the municipalities include a. securing primary school education , guaranteeing basic medical and social care and asserting national and ethnic minority rights .

The protection of minorities is a specialty of the Hungarian local government . Since 1993 there have been legal regulations for self-government for the thirteen ethnic minorities living in Hungary . The minority self-governments that have emerged since then consist of elected bodies that are integrated into the municipal administration and represent the interests of the minorities. They are sometimes very differently developed or organized, but offer the respective citizens extensive linguistic and cultural autonomy.

All information is based on the census of January 1, 2011

Cities

Self-government of the minorities
(status: 2010)
d de Self-government of the Germans 95 parishes
e el Self-government of the Greeks 2 municipalities
H hr Self-government of the Croatians 33 municipalities
r rom Roma self-government 117 parishes
s sr Self-government of the Serbs 4 municipalities
u uk Self-government of the Ukrainians 2 municipalities
There are further self-governments for Bulgarians (One municipality) and Russians (One municipality) resident in Branau County .

Cities with county law

A city ​​with county law ( Hungarian megyei jogú város ) fulfills additional tasks in the area of county administration compared to the other cities and municipalities of the county.

  • Pécs d, e, h, r, s, u    157,721 inhabitants

Cities without county law

city Pop. city Pop.
* Bóly d 03,984 * Sásd d 03,329
* Harkány d, h 04,052 * Sellye d 02,761
* Komló d, e, h, u 25,299 * Siklós d, h 09,732
* Kozármisleny i.e. 06,061 * Szentlőrinc d, h 06,922
* Mágocs d 02,414 * Szigetvár d, h 10,868
* Mohács d, h, s 18,884 * Villány d, s 02,453
* Pécsvárad d, h 04,042

Communities

Large municipalities

A large municipality ( Hungarian nagyközség ) usually consists of several districts.

* Beremend d 2,573 inhabitants
* Szászvár d 2,350 inhabitants
* Vajszló h 1,703 inhabitants

Communities

See also

Individual evidence

  1. a b Jánosné Waffenschmidt: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve ( Hungarian, English , PDF; 2.5 MB) Hungarian Central Statistical Office ( Központi Statisztikai Hivatal ). Pp. 17, 21, 143 ff. January 1, 2010. Accessed June 30, 2013.
  2. Research Center for Multilingualism at the KU Brussels : Euromosaic III, regional or minority languages ​​in the new member states ( German , PDF; 4.3 MB) European Commission . P. 113 ff. September 15, 2004. Accessed June 30, 2013.

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