Pécs ( hu, Pécsi járás) is a district in central part of
Baranya County
Baranya ( hu, Baranya megye, ) is a county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya region, which was a county (''comitatus'') in the Kingdom of Hungary dating back to the 11 ...
, Hungary. ''
Pécs
Pécs ( , ; hr, Pečuh; german: Fünfkirchen, ; also known by other #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the countr ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Pécs District borders with
Komló District and
Bonyhád District
Bonyhád ( hu, Bonyhádi járás) is a district in southern part of Tolna County. ''Bonyhád'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Bon ...
''(
Tolna County
Tolna ( hu, Tolna megye, ; german: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus or megye) in present Hungary as it was of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the ...
)'' to the north,
Pécsvárad District
Pécsvárad ( hu, Pécsváradi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Baranya County, Hungary. ''Pécsvárad'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical ...
and
Bóly District
Bóly ( hu, Bólyi járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Baranya County. ''Bóly'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Bó ...
to the east,
Siklós District
Siklós ( hu, Siklósi járás) is a district in southern part of Baranya County, Hungary. ''Siklós'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geogra ...
to the south,
Sellye District
Sellye ( hu, Sellyei járás) is a district in south-western part of Baranya County, Hungary. ''Sellye'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geog ...
,
Szentlőrinc District
Szentlőrinc ( hu, Szentlőrinci járás) is a district in central-western part of Baranya County, Hungary. ''Szentlőrinc
Szentlőrinc () is a town in Baranya county, Hungary.
Sport
The association football club Szentlőrinc SE, currently comp ...
and
Hegyhát District
Hegyhát ( hu, Hegyháti járás) is a district in northern part of Baranya County. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. It is the only district in Hungarian countryside, which is not named after its district se ...
to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Pécs District is 40.
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 38 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
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The bolded municipalities are cities.
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 Pécs District
Districts in Baranya County
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