Kaposvár () is a district in the central-eastern part of
Somogy County
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Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica- ...
in
Hungary
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Kaposvár
Kaposvár (; also known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in southwestern Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kaposvár District and th ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district and county seat are located. The district is in the
Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Kaposvár District borders with
Fonyód District and
Tab District to the north,
Dombóvár District
Dombóvár () is a district in south-western part of Tolna County. ''Dombóvár'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia, Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
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Tolna County
Tolna (, ; ) is an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus or vármegye) in present-day Hungary as it was in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borde ...
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Hegyhát District
Hegyhát () is a district in northern part of Baranya County, Hungary. 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 seat.
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Baranya County
Baranya (, ; German language, German:Croatian language, Croatian:'' Baranjska županija'') is a Counties of Hungary, county () in southern Hungary. It is part of the Southern Transdanubia statistical region and the historical Baranya (region), B ...
)'' to the east,
Szigetvár District ''(Baranya County)'' and
Barcs District to the south,
Nagyatád District
Nagyatád () is a district in central-southern part of Somogy County, in Hungary. '' Nagyatád'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
N ...
and
Marcali District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kaposvár District is 78.
Municipalities
The district has 1
urban county, 3
towns
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 74 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
The bolded municipalities are cities.
See also
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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 Kaposvár District
Districts in Somogy County
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