Pécs () is a district in central part of
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 ...
, Hungary. ''
Pécs
Pécs ( , ; ; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Päťkostolie''; also known by #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the c ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district lies in the
Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Pécs District borders
Komló District and
Bonyhád District ''(
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 ...
)'' to the north,
Pécsvárad District and
Bóly District
Bóly () is a district in central-eastern part of Baranya County. ''Bóly'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district is in the Southern Transdanubia, Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Bóly ...
to the east,
Siklós District to the south,
Sellye District
Sellye () is a district in south-western part of Baranya County, Hungary. '' Sellye'' is also the name of the town that is the location of the district seat. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Sel ...
,
Szentlőrinc District and
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.
Geograp ...
to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Pécs District is 40.
Municipalities
The district has 1
urban county, 1
town
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 38 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
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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 Pécs District
Districts in Baranya County
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