Zalaegerszeg ( hu, Zalaegerszegi járás) is a district in northern 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 ( Lend ...
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Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg (; hr, Jegersek; sl, Jageršek; german: Egersee) is the administrative center of Zala county in western Hungary.
Location
Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders and west-south ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Zalaegerszeg District borders with
Vasvár District
Vasvár ( hu, Vasvári járás) is a district in southern part of Vas County. ''Vasvár'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
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''(
Vas County)'' to the north,
Zalaszentgrót District
Zalaszentgrót ( hu, Zalaszentgróti járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Zala County. '' Zalaszentgrót'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Re ...
to the northeast,
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 east,
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 ...
and
Letenye District
Letenye ( hu, Letenyei járás) is a district in south-western part of Zala County. ''Letenye'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Let ...
to the south,
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 ...
to the west,
Körmend District
Körmend ( hu, Körmendi járás) is a district in south-western part of Vas County. ''Körmend'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia Statistical R ...
''(Vas County)'' to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Zalaegerszeg District is 84.
Municipalities
The district has 1
urban county, 2
towns
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 81 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
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 Zalaegerszeg District
Districts in Zala County
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