Keszthely District
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Keszthely ( hu, Keszthelyi járás) is a district in eastern part of
Zala County Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava ...
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Keszthely Keszthely (; also known by other alternative names) is a Hungarian city of 20,895 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest city by the lake and one of the more important cultural, educational and economi ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.


Geography

Keszthely District borders with
Zalaszentgrót District Zalaszentgrót ( hu, Zalaszentgróti járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Zala County. '' Zalaszentgrót'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Re ...
and
Sümeg District Sümeg ( hu, Sümegi járás) is a district in western part of Veszprém County. ''Sümeg'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Sümeg ...
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Veszprém County Veszprém ( hu, Veszprém megye, ; german: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (''megye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county. Veszprém county Veszprém county lies in western ...
)'' to the north, Tapolca District ''(Veszprém County)'' to the east,
Marcali District Marcali ( hu, Marcali járás) is a district in north-western part of Somogy County. ''Marcali'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography M ...
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Somogy County Somogy ( hu, Somogy megye, ; hr, Šomođska županija; sl, Šomodska županija, german: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Somogy County lies ...
)'' and
Nagykanizsa District Nagykanizsa ( hu, Nagykanizsai járás) is a district in southern part of Zala County. ''Nagykanizsa'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geograp ...
to the south,
Zalaegerszeg District Zalaegerszeg ( hu, Zalaegerszegi járás) is a district in northern part of Zala County. ''Zalaegerszeg'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geog ...
to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Keszthely District is 30.


Municipalities

The district has 2
towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...
, 2 large villages and 26 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.


See also

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List of cities and towns in Hungary Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages ...


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Postal codes of the Keszthely District
Districts in Zala County {{Zala-geo-stub