Fonyód () is a district in northern part of
Somogy County
Somogy (, ; ; , ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica- ...
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Fonyód
Fonyód () is a town and holiday resort on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, in north-west Somogy County, western Hungary, with over 4,700 residents. It is the seat of Fonyód District.
History
The first mention of Fonyód was in a letter of La ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district is part of the
Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Fonyód District borders with
Tapolca District and
Balatonfüred District
Balatonfüred () is a district in southern part of Veszprém County. ''Balatonfüred'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia, Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Ge ...
''(
Veszprém County
Veszprém (, ; ) is an administrative county (''vármegye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.
Veszprém county
Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the norther ...
)'' to the north,
Siófok District
Siófok () is a district in Somogy County, in south-western Hungary. The district is located in the north-eastern part of the county. ''Siófok'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district is located in the South ...
and
Tab District
Tab () is a district in north-eastern part of Somogy County, in Hungary. ''Tab, Hungary, Tab'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia, Southern Transdanubia Statistical Re ...
to the east,
Kaposvár District
Kaposvár () is a district in the central-eastern part of Somogy County in Hungary. ''Kaposvár'' is also the name of the town where the district and county seat are located. The district is in the Southern Transdanubia, Southern Transdanubia Stati ...
to the south,
Marcali District
Marcali () is a district in north-western part of Somogy County, in Hungary. ''Marcali'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Marcali D ...
to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Fonyód District is 21.
Municipalities
The district has 4
towns
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 17 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 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: , plural: ; the terminology does not distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 village ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Fonyód District
Districts in Somogy County
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