Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
County seat :	Nyíregyháza
Surface:	5,936 km²
Residents:	563,075   as of 2016

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg [ ˈsɒbolʧ ˈsɒtmaːr ˈbɛrɛɡ ] ( German  Saboltsch-Sathmar-Berg ) is a county (administrative district) in northeastern Hungary . It borders with Romania , Slovakia (near Záhony ) and the Ukraine, as well as the Hajdú-Bihar and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén counties . It has an area of ​​5,935.79 km² and a population of 563,075 (2016). The county seat is Nyíregyháza .

geography

The area is flat and forms part of the Great Hungarian Plain ( Puszta ). It is traversed by the Tisza , which makes a sharp turn in the county from northwest to south.

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. Until the dissolution there were 12 small areas in the county. Only four small areas remained unchanged in their borders during the administrative reform. 

Former classification

The following small areas ( kistérség ) existed in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county until the end of 2012 :

code	Small area	Administrative headquarters	Population (December 31, 2012)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
4501	Baktalórántháza	Baktalórántháza	34,517	451.73	19th	2
4502	Csenger	Csenger	13,839	246.51	11	1
4503	Fehérgyarmat	Fehérgyarmat	38.196	702.57	49	1
4504	Kisvárda	Kisvárda	52,616	443.71	21st	2
4505	Mátészalka	Mátészalka	64,810	624.70	26th	3
4506	Nagykálló	Nagykálló	43,409	518.24	9	3
4507	Nyírbátor	Nyírbátor	43,557	695.94	20th	3
4508	Nyíregyháza	Nyíregyháza	143.371	539.30	9	2
4509	Tiszavasvári	Tiszavasvári	35,361	479.00	10	3
4510	Vásárosnamény	Vásárosnamény	30,516	567.25	27	1
4511	Ibrány-Nagyhalász	Ibrany	44.092	520.97	17th	4th
4512	Zahony	Zahony	19,369	145.95	11	2

Current classification

The Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county is divided into 8 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 229 villages: the city of Nyíregyháza with county law (Hungarian Megyei jogú város ), 27 cities without county law (Hungarian város ), 16 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközs ) and 185 municipalities (Hungarian község ).

Districts of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 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	274.54	4.63%		118.058	20.97%		430.0
Cities without county law	27	1,415.56	23.85%	52.43	185.127	32.88%	6,857	130.8
Large municipalities	16	651.18	10.97%	40.70	42,938	7.63%	2,684	65.9
Communities	185	3,594.51	60.56%	19.43	216,952	38.53%	1,173	60.4
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	229	5,935.79		25.92	563.075		2,459	94.9

The current circles are:

code	circle	Circular seat	Residents (January 1, 2013)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
148	Baktalórántháza	Baktalórántháza	19,521	254.47	12	1
149	Csenger	Csenger	13,839	246.51	11	1
150	Fehérgyarmat	Fehérgyarmat	38,363	707.37	50	1
151	Ibrany	Ibrany	23,850	304.91	8th	2
152	Kemecse	Kemecse	22,185	246.41	11	2
153	Kisvárda	Kisvárda	57,050	523.09	23	3
154	Mátészalka	Mátészalka	64,810	624.70	26th	3
155	Nagykálló	Nagykálló	30,430	377.36	8th	2
156	Nyírbátor	Nyírbátor	43,557	695.94	20th	3
157	Nyíregyháza	Nyíregyháza	166,684	809.61	15th	4th
158	Tiszavasvári	Tiszavasvári	27.306	381.61	6th	2
159	Vásárosnamény	Vásárosnamény	36,689	617.94	28	2
160	Zahony	Zahony	19,369	145.95	11	2

Church in Csenger

Largest cities and towns

Church in Fehérgyarmat

See also : List of municipalities in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county

City / municipality	German name	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Nyíregyháza	Birkenkirchen	118.058
Mátészalka	Salka	16,864
Kisvárda	Oradein	16,489
Tiszavasvári		12,818
Újfehértó	Ratzfert	12,607
Nyírbátor	Bathor	12,146
Nagykálló		9.211
Vásárosnamény	Naming	8,766
Fehérgyarmat		8,042
Ibrany		6,662
Nyírtelek		6,535
Balkany		6,413
Nagyecsed		6.317
Nagyhalász		5,660
Tiszalok		5,305
Nyírmada		4,839
Csenger		4,820
Kemecse		4,811
Kótaj		4,424
Rakamaz	Rascal moss	4,338
Zahony		4,237
Demecser		4.173
Mándok		4,094
Dombrád		3,964
Baktalórántháza		3,954
Ajak		3,709

Kótaj is the only municipality, the other villages are all cities. The large municipality of Ajak received city rights in July 2013.

Population development

Population development of the county

Dates in bold are census results.

date	population	date	population
01/01/1960 1	586.451	01/01/2007	576.054
01/01/1970	565,557	01/01/2008	571.018
01/01/1980	593,829	01/01/2009	565,326
01/01/1990	572,301	01/01/2010	560.429
01/01/2001	589,989	01/01/2011	555.496
02/01/2001	582.256	October 01, 2011	559.272
01/01/2002	587.994	01/01/2012	565,317
01/01/2003	586.193	01/01/2013	563,653
01/01/2004	583,564	01/01/2014	561.379
01/01/2005	581,623	01/01/2015	562.357
01/01/2006	578,573	01/01/2016	563.075

¹ 1960: present population; otherwise resident population

Population development of the districts

The population development in the districts varies, and it often stagnates.

District name	Population level on January 1st
	2013	2014	2015	2016
Baktalórántháza	19,521	19,294	19,326	19,287
Csenger	13,839	13,802	13,761	13,957
Fehérgyarmat	38,363	38,578	39,668	40,257
Ibrany	23,850	23,701	23,484	23,272
Kemecse	22,185	22,062	21,943	21,841
Kisvárda	57,050	56,779	56,646	56,509
Mátészalka	64,810	64,471	64.509	64,597
Nagykálló	30,430	30.176	29,917	29,851
Nyírbátor	43,557	43,439	43,433	43,341
Nyíregyháza	166,684	166.154	165.805	165,555
Tiszavasvár	27.306	27,221	27,029	26,805
Vásárosnamény	36,689	36,510	37,550	38,408
Zahony	19,369	19.192	19,286	19,395
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	563,653	561.379	562.357	563.075

History and culture

The county emerged from the union of the Szabolcs county with the remnants of the Szatmár counties (the main part of which is in the Satu Mare county in Romania) and Bereg (the former capital of which is Beregszász (now Berehove ) in the Ukraine and the area around Mukachevo in the Transcarpathian region forms).

Museums

See also : List of museums in Hungary

The State Directorate of Museums of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County is responsible for 12 county museums . The county seat is the city of Nyíregyháza .

Bátorliget , Ősláp Museum Beregdaróc , local history museum Csenger , City Museum (Városi Múzeum) Csenger, local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Dombrád , Railway Museum Fülesd , village museum (Falumúzeum) Hetefejércse , Village Museum (Falumúzeum)

Kisvárda , Rétközi Museum * Mátészalka , Szatmári Museum * Nyírbátor , István Báthori Museum * Nyíregyháza , András Jósa Museum * Nyíregyháza, fire department museum Nyíregyháza, open-air museum * Nyírkáta , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum)

Szakoly , local history museum (Helytörténeti Múzeum) Tarpa , local history museum Tiszadada , local history museum Tiszavasvári , Pál Vasvári Museum * Vaja , Ádám Vay Museum * Vásárosnamény , Bereg Museum *

* County Museum

Web links

Commons : Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Self-government of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County (Hungarian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2016 (Hungarian / English)
2. ^ Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary
3. ↑ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January, 2013 (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. ↑ ^{a b} 6.1.1. Resident population by sex, January 1st (2001-) (STADAT table). KSH, accessed February 28, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Museums Directorate , (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága)

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 '  N , 22 ° 10'  E