Marcali ( hu, Marcali járás) is a district in north-western part of
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 ...
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Marcali
Marcali (german: Martzal) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary, and the seat of Marcali District.
The settlement is part of the Balatonboglár wine region.
Geography
It lies 14 km south of Lake Balaton, next to the main road 68 and the ''Som ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Marcali District borders with
Keszthely District
Keszthely ( hu, Keszthelyi járás) is a district in eastern part of Zala County. ''Keszthely'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Kes ...
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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 ...
)'' to the north,
Fonyód District
Fonyód ( hu, Fonyódi járás) is a district in northern part of Somogy County. ''Fonyód'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Fonyà ...
and to the east,
Kaposvár District
Kaposvár ( hu, Kaposvári járás) is a district in the central-eastern part of Somogy County. ''Kaposvár'' is also the name of the town where the district and county seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistica ...
to the southeast,
Nagyatád District
Nagyatád ( hu, Nagyatádi járás) is a district in central-southern part of Somogy County. ''Nagyatád'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia, Southern Transdanubia St ...
to the south,
Csurgó District
Csurgó ( hu, Csurgói járás) is a district in south-western part of Somogy County, Hungary. ''Csurgó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Ge ...
to the southwest,
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 ...
''(Zala County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Marcali District is 37.
Municipalities
The district has 1
town
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 ...
and 36 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
The bolded municipality is city.
See also
*
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 ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Marcali District
Districts in Somogy County
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