Szigetvár ( hu, Szigetvári járás) is a district in western 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. ''
Szigetvár
Szigetvár (; hr, Siget; tr, Zigetvar; English: Islandcastle; german: Inselburg) is a town in Baranya County in southern Hungary.
History
The town's fortress was the setting of the Siege of Szigetvár in 1566. It was a sanjak centre at first ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Szigetvár District borders with
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 ...
''(
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 north,
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 ...
and
Szentlőrinc District
Szentlőrinc ( hu, Szentlőrinci járás) is a district in central-western part of Baranya County, Hungary. ''Szentlőrinc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statis ...
to the east,
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 ...
to the south,
Barcs District
Barcs ( hu, Barcsi járás) is a district in southern part of Somogy County. ''Barcs'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Barcs Dis ...
''(Somogy County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szigetvár District is 45.
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 44 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 Szigetvár District
Districts in Baranya County
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