Nagykanizsa ( hu, Nagykanizsai járás) is a district in southern 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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Nagykanizsa
Nagykanizsa (; hr, Velika Kaniža/Velika Kanjiža, or just ''Kaniža/Kanjiža''; german: Großkirchen, Groß-Kanizsa; it, Canissa; sl, Velika Kaniža; tr, Kanije), known colloquially as Kanizsa, is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southw ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Nagykanizsa District borders with
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 ...
and
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 ...
to the north,
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, Southern Transdanubia Statistical ...
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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 ...
)'' to the east,
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 ...
''(Somogy County)'' to the south, the
Croatia
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n county of
Koprivnica-Križevci and
Lenti District
Lenti ( hu, Lenti járás) is a district in Zala County. ''Lenti'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Lenti District borders with KÃ ...
to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykanizsa District is 49.
Municipalities
The district has 1
urban county, 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
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and 47 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
The bolded municipalities are cities.
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 ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Nagykanizsa District
Districts in Zala County
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