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List of urban areas in Hungary

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This is a list of the most populous urban areas in Hungary, based on official data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Methodology

The functional urban areas identified with the methodology described in the book Redefining “urban”: A new way to measure metropolitan areas (OECD Publishing, 2012) are here listed by size, according to four different classes:

  • Small urban areas (population between 50,000 and 200,000)
  • Medium-sized urban areas (population between 200,000 and 500,000)
  • Metropolitan areas (population between 500,000 and 1.5 million)
  • Large metropolitan areas (population above 1.5 million)

List of most populous urban areas

Rank Functional urban area Class-type (according to OECD) Population
(2000, OECD)
Population
(2011, OECD)
Population
(2018, Eurostat)
Major subdivisions
1 Budapest Large metropolitan area 2,786,150 2,909,375 2,978,067 Budapest, Érd, Dunakeszi, Szigetszentmiklós, Vác, Gödöllő, Budaörs, Szentendre
2 Debrecen Medium-sized urban area 312,464 336,639 326,626 Debrecen
3 Miskolc Medium-sized urban area 329,618 305,463 287,287 Miskolc
4 Székesfehérvár Medium-sized urban area 267,540 276,541 270,835 Székesfehérvár
5 Győr Medium-sized urban area 244,098 243,874 251,317 Győr
6 Pécs Medium-sized urban area 274,112 263,804 247,720 Pécs, Komló
7 Szeged Medium-sized urban area 236,262 249,790 242,013 Szeged
8 Nyíregyháza Medium-sized urban area 237,770 240,690 235,449 Nyíregyháza
9 Kecskemét Small urban area 147,504 187,608 186,782 Kecskemét
10 Szombathely Small urban area 134,602 149,639 147,933 Szombathely
TOTAL

See also

References

  1. OECD - FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARY
  2. OECD - FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARY
  3. OECD - FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARY
  4. OECD - FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARY
  5. Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas, 2018 - Eurostat

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