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Regions of Hungary

Regions of Hungary

There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI. The regional division is expected to replace the present 20 administrative division into 19 counties and the capital city. Regions are groupings of these units.

*"Northern Hungary" includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád.
*"Northern Great Plain" includes the counties Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.
*"Southern Great Plain" includes the counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád.
*"Central Hungary" includes the county of Pest and the capital Budapest.
*"Central Transdanubia" includes the counties Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér and Veszprém.
*"Western Transdanubia" includes the counties Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala.
*"Southern Transdanubia" includes the counties Baranya, Somogy and Tolna.

Euroregions

Hungary belongs into the following euroregions:
* Carpathian Euroregion: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Heves
* West Pannonia Euroregion: Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas, Zala
* Danube-Drava-Sava: Baranya
* Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (DKMT): Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
* Ister-Granum Euroregion: Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád

(Counties sometimes only roughly correspond to euroregions, so overlap is possible.)

ources

* [http://www.coe.int/T/E/Legal_Affairs/Local_and_regional_Democracy/Transfrontier_co-operation/Euroregions/6Euroregions.asp]

ee also

*Counties of Hungary
*Subregions of Hungary
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