Szigetvár () is a district in western 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. ''
Szigetvár
Szigetvár (; ; ) is a town in Baranya County in southern Hungary. The name is a compound word composed of ''Sziget'' (Island) + ''vár'' (castle).  In October 2011, the city received the title ''Civitas Invicta'' from the Hungarian Parliament. T ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district lies in the
Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Szigetvár District borders with
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 ...
''(
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- ...
)'' to the north,
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 ...
and
Szentlőrinc District
Szentlőrinc () is a district in central-western part of Baranya County, Hungary. '' Szentlőrinc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district is in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Szen ...
to the east,
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 ...
to the south,
Barcs District
Barcs () is a district in southern part of Somogy County. ''Barcs'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district is in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Barcs District borders with Csurgà ...
''(Somogy County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szigetvár District is 45.
Municipalities
The district has 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 44 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
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The bolded municipality is city.
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 Szigetvár District
Districts in Baranya County
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