County of Hungary
Counties of Hungary in Southern Transdanubia
Somogy County
Somogy vármegye
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Somogy County within Hungary
Coordinates:46°25′N 17°35′E / 46.417°N 17.583°E /46.417; 17.583 Country Hungary Region Southern Transdanubia County seat Kaposvár Districts Government
• Body Somogy County Council • President of the General Assembly Norbert Bíró (Fidesz -KDNP ) Area
• Total
6,065.07 km2 (2,341.74 sq mi) • Rank 5th in Hungary Population (2018)
• Total
303,802[ 1] • Rank 13th in Hungary • Density 50.0904/km2 (129.734/sq mi) GDP • Total HUF 683 billion Postal code 7253 – 729x, 74xx – 75xx, 7918, 7977 – 7979, 86xx – 873x, 884x – 885x
Area code(s) (+36) 82, 84, 85 ISO 3166 code HU-SO Website som-onkorm
Somogy (Hungarian :Somogy vármegye ,pronounced [ˈʃomoɟ] Croatian :Šomođska županija ;Slovene :Šomodska županija ,German :Komitat Schomodei ) is an administrative county (comitatus orvármegye ) in present Hungary, and also in the formerKingdom of Hungary .
Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border withCroatia 'sKoprivnica-Križevci andVirovitica-Podravina counties. It stretches between the riverDráva and the southern shore ofLake Balaton . It shares borders with the Hungarian counties ofZala ,Veszprém ,Fejér ,Tolna , andBaranya . Somogy is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The county capital isKaposvár . Its area is 6,036 km2 .
Somogy was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus ) of theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy County, is now in south-western Hungary. The capital of that county was alsoKaposvár .
Aerial photograph of Kaposvár. Religion in Somogy County (2022 census – of those who declared their religion (62.0%))
Roman Catholic (63.5%) Calvinistic (9.50%) Lutheran (2.60%) Other Christian denomination (3.80%) Other religion (0.50%) Not religious (20.1%) In 2015, it had a population of 312,084 and thepopulation density was 52/km2 .
Year County population[ 3] Change 1949 361,213 n/a 1960 1.93% 1970 -3.03% 1980 0.91% 1990 -4.32% 2001 -2.75% 2011 -5.70% 2015 -1.29% 2018 -2.72%
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 16,000), Germans (3,000) and Croats (1,500).
Total population (2011 census): 316,137[ 4]
Approx. 46,000 persons in Somogy County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census. Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[ 5]
Districts ofSomogy County No. English andHungarian namesArea (km2 ) Population (2011) Density (pop./km2 ) Seat No. ofmunicipalities 1 Barcs District Barcsi járás 696.47 23,793 34 Barcs 26 2 Csurgó District Csurgói járás 496.19 16,862 34 Csurgó 18 3 Fonyód District Fonyódi járás 645.44 33,785 52 Fonyód 21 4 Kaposvár District Kaposvári járás 1,591.36 118,496 74 Kaposvár 78 5 Marcali District Marcali járás 904.24 34,472 38 Marcali 37 6 Nagyatád District Nagyatádi járás 647.07 26,003 40 Nagyatád 18 7 Siófok District Siófoki járás 657.05 51,099 78 Siófok 24 8 Tab District Tabi járás 427.24 12,797 30 Tab 24 Somogy County 6,065.07 312,084 52 Kaposvár 245
Somogy County Hall TheSomogy County Council , elected at the2019 local government elections , is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:[ 6]
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Somogy County has1 urban county ,15 towns ,2 large villages and227 villages.
City with county rights (ordered by population, as of 2011census )
Towns Siófok (25,045)Marcali (11,736)Barcs (11,420)Nagyatád (11,032)Balatonboglár (5,736)Balatonlelle (5,217)Csurgó (5,214)Fonyód (4,793)Tab (4,533)Nagybajom (3,330)Lengyeltóti (3,050)Kadarkút (2,653)Zamárdi (2,386)Balatonföldvár (2,207)Igal (1,270)Villages large villages.
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