Pécsvárad ( hu, Pécsváradi járás) is a district in north-eastern 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 ...
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Pécsvárad
Pécsvárad (german: Petschwar; hr, Pečvar) is a town in Baranya County, Hungary.
Notable landmarks
Among the most significant Hungarian heritage from the Middle Ages is the castle built on a Benedictine monastery commissioned by King St Steph ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Pécsvárad District borders with
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,
Mohács District
Mohács ( hu, Mohácsi járás) is a district in eastern part of Baranya County, Hungary. ''Mohács'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geograp ...
to the east, the
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 south,
Pécs District
Pécs ( hu, Pécsi járás) is a district in central part of Baranya County, Hungary. ''Pécs'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
P ...
to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Pécsvárad District is 17.
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 16 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
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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 Pécsvárad District
Districts in Baranya County
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