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Tolna ( hu, Tolna megye, ; german: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (
comitatus ''Comitatus'' was in ancient times the Latin term for an armed escort or retinue. The term is used especially in the context of Germanic warrior culture for a warband tied to a leader by an oath of fealty and describes the relations between a lo ...
or megye) in present Hungary as it was of the former
Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coronation of the Hungarian monarch, c ...
. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river
Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér, Bács-Kiskun, and Baranya. The capital of Tolna county is
Szekszárd Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; hr, Seksar; german: Sechshard or ; sr, Сексард) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area ...
. Its area is 3703 km2.


History

Tolna (in Latin: ''comitatus Tolnensis'') was also the name of a historic administrative county (
comitatus ''Comitatus'' was in ancient times the Latin term for an armed escort or retinue. The term is used especially in the context of Germanic warrior culture for a warband tied to a leader by an oath of fealty and describes the relations between a lo ...
) of the
Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coronation of the Hungarian monarch, c ...
. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was
Szekszárd Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; hr, Seksar; german: Sechshard or ; sr, Сексард) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area ...
.


Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 225,936 and the
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was .


Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 10,000) and Roma (8,500). Total population (2011 census): 230,361
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 214 953 persons: *
Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and  ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the ...
: 194 685 (90,57%) *
Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...
: 10 195 (4,74%) *
Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council * Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
: 8 768 (4,08%) *Others and indefinable: 1 305 (0,61%) Approx. 32,000 persons in Tolna County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.


Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census: *Catholic – 108,755 (
Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: * Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
– 108,392;
Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine C ...
– 331) * Reformed – 18,533; *
Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...
– 6,800; *Other religions – 2,734; *
Non-religious Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and ant ...
– 35,803; *
Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...
– 2,194; *''Undeclared'' – 55,542.


Regional structure


Politics

The Tolna County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:A Tolna Megyei Önkormányzat Közgyűlésnek tagjai,

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Presidents of the General Assembly


Municipalities

Tolna County has 1 Town with county rights, urban county, 10
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 or ...
, 5 large villages and 93 villages. ;City with county rights (ordered by population, as of 2011
census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...
) *
Szekszárd Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; hr, Seksar; german: Sechshard or ; sr, Сексард) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area ...
(34,296) – county seat ;Towns *
Paks Paks is a small town in Tolna county, in the south of Hungary, on the right bank of the Danube River, 100 km south of Budapest. Paks as a former agricultural settlement is now the home of the only Hungarian nuclear power plant, which provi ...
(19,369) * Dombóvár (19,010) *
Bonyhád Bonyhád (german: Bonnhard) is a town in Tolna County in Southwestern Hungary. Government It is governed by a city council and a mayor. The current mayor of Bonyhád is Filóné Ferencz Ibolya who has served in this capacity since 2014. Populati ...
(13,630) * Tolna (11,126) *
Dunaföldvár Dunaföldvár is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. Residents are Hungarians, with minority of Serbs. A Bronze Age gold hoard of jewellery was found between Paks and Dunaföldvár on the banks of the Danube in the nineteenth century. The treasure ...
(8,775) * Tamási (8,349) *
Bátaszék Bátaszék (german: Badeseck, sr, Батсек, Batsek) is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. The majority residents are Hungarians, with a minority of Serbs. "The oldest tree of Bátaszék" won the title of European Tree of the Year 2016. The Ro ...
(6,370) *
Simontornya Simontornya is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. File:SimonsTower.jpg, Simon's Tower at the center of town See also * Simontornya Castle The Castle of Simontornya is a 13th-century Renaissance castle in Simontornya, Hungary. The castle went ...
(4,057) * Nagymányok (2,338) * Gyönk (2,052) ;Villages * Alsónána * Alsónyék * Aparhant * Attala *
Báta Báta is a village in Tolna County Tolna ( hu, Tolna megye, ; german: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary as it was of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank ...
* Bátaapáti * Belecska * Bikács *
Bogyiszló Bogyiszló is a village in Hungary in Tolna county near Szekszárd. Famous for its hot, white-skinned peppers. Geography Bogyiszló is located from 11 km east from Szekszárd, in the southern part of Mezőföld, near the Danube river a ...
* Bonyhádvarasd * Bölcske *
Cikó Cikó is a village in Tolna County Tolna ( hu, Tolna megye, ; german: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary as it was of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank o ...
* Csibrák * Csikóstőttős * Dalmand * Decs * Diósberény * Döbrököz *
Dunaszentgyörgy Dunaszentgyörgy is a village in Tolna County Tolna ( hu, Tolna megye, ; german: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary as it was of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the ...
* Dúzs * Értény * Fadd * Fácánkert * Felsőnána * Felsőnyék * Fürged * Gerjen * Grábóc * Györe * Györköny * Gyulaj * Harc *
Hőgyész Hőgyész (german: Hidjess or ) is a village in Tolna County, Hungary. It is the birthplace of the Slovak Impressionist painter Jozef Teodor Mousson and has a large castle of the Apponyi family. The Hőgyész domain in Tolna County was acquired i ...
*
Iregszemcse Iregszemcse, also called Ireg-Szemcse'','' is a village in Tolna County, Hungary. History Iregszemcse was first mentioned articles of IV. Béla's abbey where it was a royal estate until 1387. Following a period where Hungary was controlled by ...
* Izmény * Jágónak * Kajdacs *
Kakasd Kakasd (german: Kockrsch) is a village in Tolna County, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the north ...
* Kalaznó * Kapospula * Kaposszekcső * Keszőhidegkút * Kéty * Kisdorog * Kismányok * Kisszékely * Kistormás * Kisvejke * Kocsola * Koppányszántó * Kölesd *
Kurd ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...
* Lápafő * Lengyel * Madocsa * Magyarkeszi *
Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
* Miszla * Mórágy * Mőcsény * Mucsfa *
Mucsi Mucsi is a village in Tolna County, Hungary. The former German name was Mutsching. From about four hundred German settlements in Hungary, Mucsi was one of only twenty-four which were repopulated after the 150-year-long Turkish occupation. The new ...
* Murga * Nagydorog * Nagykónyi * Nagyszékely * Nagyszokoly * Nagyvejke *
Nak In data networking, telecommunications, and computer buses, an acknowledgment (ACK) is a signal that is passed between communicating processes, computers, or devices to signify acknowledgment, or receipt of message, as part of a communications ...
* Németkér *
Ozora Ozora is a village in Tolna, Hungary. It has been notable since the Middle Ages, when Pipo of Ozora built a castle at this site by permission of Sigismund of Hungary in 1416. Artúr Görgei won an important victory in this area at the Battle ...
* Őcsény * Pálfa * Pári *
Pincehely Pincehely (german: Binsenhelm) is a village in Tolna County, Hungary. Famous residents * Ferenc Hirt Ferenc Hirt (29 September 1967 – 7 December 2018) was a Hungarian entrepreneur and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for ...
* Pörböly * Pusztahencse * Regöly * Sárpilis * Sárszentlőrinc * Sióagárd * Szakadát * Szakály * Szakcs * Szálka * Szárazd * Szedres * Tengelic * Tevel * Tolnanémedi *
Udvari Udvari is a village in Tolna County, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to t ...
* Újireg * Varsád * Váralja * Várdomb * Várong * Závod * Zomba municipalities are ''large'' villages.


Gallery

File:Szekszárd kilátóból.JPG,
Szekszárd Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; hr, Seksar; german: Sechshard or ; sr, Сексард) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area ...
, the capital of the county File:Tamási tó.jpg, Lake in Tamási File:Catholic church, Paks, Hungary.jpg, Holy Spirit Church in
Paks Paks is a small town in Tolna county, in the south of Hungary, on the right bank of the Danube River, 100 km south of Budapest. Paks as a former agricultural settlement is now the home of the only Hungarian nuclear power plant, which provi ...
File:Gemenci táj.jpg, Landscape in Gemenc Forest File:Ozora var1.jpg, Pipo de Ozora Castle in
Ozora Ozora is a village in Tolna, Hungary. It has been notable since the Middle Ages, when Pipo of Ozora built a castle at this site by permission of Sigismund of Hungary in 1416. Artúr Görgei won an important victory in this area at the Battle ...
File:Vár (8725. számú műemlék) 2.jpg,
Simontornya Castle The Castle of Simontornya is a 13th-century Renaissance castle in Simontornya, Hungary. The castle went through several modifications and was owned by a succession of different noble families. It was the scene of several battles, including most not ...
File:Kálvária (8599. számú műemlék).jpg, Calvary in
Dunaföldvár Dunaföldvár is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. Residents are Hungarians, with minority of Serbs. A Bronze Age gold hoard of jewellery was found between Paks and Dunaföldvár on the banks of the Danube in the nineteenth century. The treasure ...
File:Lengyel Apponyi kastély.JPG, Apponyi Mansion in Lengyel


References


External links


Official site
in Hungarian and German
Tolnai Népújság (teol.hu) - The county portal
{{authority control Counties of Hungary