Várpalota () is a district in eastern part of
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 ...
. ''
Várpalota
Várpalota (; German: Burgschloß) is a town in Western Hungary, in the Transdanubian county of Veszprém (county), Veszprém. It was a mining town during the Socialism, Socialist era, but the mines have been closed. Most of the citizens work in t ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Várpalota District borders with
Mór District ''(
Fejér County
Fejér (, ) is an administrative county in central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom County ...
)'' to the northeast,
Székesfehérvár District
Székesfehérvár () is a district in central-western part of Fejér County. ''Székesfehérvár'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia, Central Transdanubia Statistical ...
''(Fejér County)'' to the east,
Balatonalmádi District to the south,
Veszprém District
Veszprém () is a district in central-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Veszprém'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Veszprém Dis ...
to the west,
Zirc District
Zirc () is a district in north-eastern part of Veszprém County. ''Zirc'' 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.
Geography
Zir ...
to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Várpalota District is 8.
Municipalities
The district has 2
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 ...
, 1 large village and 5 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.
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 Várpalota District
Districts in Veszprém County
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