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A town with county rights (or urban county, Hungarian: megyei jogú város) is a level of administrative subdivision in Hungary which can be considered as a city in some English-speaking countries. All county seats and localities with more than 50,000 inhabitants are given this status by the Hungarian Parliament and the President. On the other hand, this title cannot be taken back by any law so towns like Hódmezővásárhely or Dunaújváros that are neither county seat nor inhabited by more than 50,000 people are still megyei jogú város. Since 2006, there are 23 towns with county rights. Before 1950, the former so-called towns with municipal rights (törvényhatósági jogú város) had a similar status as the present urban counties.

Budapest is not considered as an urban county and has a special status among the other Hungarian towns.

Every town with county rights is allowed to be subdivised into sectors. The representative body is the General Meeting (közgyűlés) which elects with the County Assembly a council that takes care of different tasks related to the county.

History

Between 1954 and 1971, the four largest regional cities received the megyei jogú város title. These were Debrecen, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged. Then, from 1971 to 1990, the four precedent cities and Győr had a new status called county town (megyei város) which was given in 1989 to three other towns: Salgótarján, Nyíregyháza and Kecskemét. After the end of Communism, this status was deleted and replaced by the urban counties as until 1971. The eight megyei város and twelve more towns became megyei jogú város.

List

Coats of arms	City	County	Population (2013)	Urban county since
	Békéscsaba	Békés	61 046	1990
	Debrecen	Hajdú-Bihar	204 333	1990
	Dunaújváros	Fejér	46 813	1990
	Eger	Heves	54 867	1990
	Érd	Pest	63 333	2006
	Győr	Győr-Moson-Sopron	128 567	1990
	Hódmezővásárhely	Csongrád	45 700	1990
	Kaposvár	Somogy	65 337	1990
	Kecskemét	Bács-Kiskun	111 863	1990
	Miskolc	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén	162 905	1990
	Nagykanizsa	Zala	49 070	1990
	Nyíregyháza	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg	118 185	1990
	Pécs	Baranya	147 719	1990
	Salgótarján	Nógrád	37 199	1994
	Sopron	Győr-Moson-Sopron	60 528	1990
	Szeged	Csongrád	161 837	1990
	Szekszárd	Tolna	33 599	1994
	Székesfehérvár	Fejér	99 247	1990
	Szolnok	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok	73 193	1990
	Szombathely	Vas	77 547	1990
	Tatabánya	Komárom-Esztergom	67 406	1990
	Veszprém	Veszprém	60 876	1990
	Zalaegerszeg	Zala	59 618	1990

References

1. "Towns with county rights – Central Bureau of Statistics" (PDF). ksh.hu. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
2. "2011/CLXXXIX. Legislation about the Local Councils in Hungary". njt.hu. Retrieved 19 June 2014.

External links

• Alliance of Towns with County Rights

v t e Counties (vármegyék) of Hungary
Baranya Bács-Kiskun Békés Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Csongrád-Csanád Fejér Győr-Moson-Sopron Hajdú-Bihar Heves Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Komárom-Esztergom Nógrád Pest Somogy Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Tolna Vas Veszprém Zala

• Towns in Hungary
• Populated places in Hungary