Somogy County

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Somogy (Template:Langx, Template:IPA; Template:Langx; Template:Langx, Template:Langx) is an administrative county (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-Križevci and Virovitica-Podravina counties. It stretches between the river Dráva and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna, and Baranya. Somogy is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The county capital is Kaposvár. Its area is 6,036 km2.

History

Template:Main Somogy was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy County, is now in south-western Hungary. The capital of that county was also Kaposvár.

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Aerial photograph of Kaposvár.

Demographics

Template:Pie chart Template:See also In 2015, it had a population of 312,084 and the population density was 52/km2.

Year County population<ref>népesség.com, "Somogy megye népessége 1870-2015"</ref> Change
1949 361,213 n/a
1960 Template:Increase 368,183 (record) 1.93%
1970 Template:Decrease 357,009 -3.03%
1980 Template:Increase 360,270 0.91%
1990 Template:Decrease 344,708 -4.32%
2001 Template:Decrease 335,237 -2.75%
2011 Template:Decrease 316,137 -5.70%
2015 Template:Decrease 312,084 -1.29%
2018 Template:Decrease 303,802 -2.72%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 16,000), Germans (3,000) and Croats (1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 316,137
Ethnic groups (2011 census):<ref>1.1.6. A népesség anyanyelv, nemzetiség és nemek szerint – Frissítve: 2013.04.17.; Hungarian Central Statistical Office Template:In lang</ref> Identified themselves: 287,692 persons:

Approx. 46,000 persons in Somogy County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Template:See also Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:<ref>2011. ÉVI NÉPSZÁMLÁLÁS, 3. Területi adatok, 3.15 Somogy megye, Template:In lang [1]</ref>

Regional structure

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Districts of Somogy County
No. English and
Hungarian names 		Area
(km2) 		Population
(2011) 		Density
(pop./km2) 		Seat No. of
municipalities
1 Barcs District
Barcsi járás 		696.47 23,793 34 Barcs 26
2 Csurgó District
Csurgói járás 		496.19 16,862 34 Csurgó 18
3 Fonyód District
Fonyódi járás 		645.44 33,785 52 Fonyód 21
4 Kaposvár District
Kaposvári járás 		1,591.36 118,496 74 Kaposvár 78
5 Marcali District
Marcali járás 		904.24 34,472 38 Marcali 37
6 Nagyatád District
Nagyatádi járás 		647.07 26,003 40 Nagyatád 18
7 Siófok District
Siófoki járás 		657.05 51,099 78 Siófok 24
8 Tab District
Tabi járás 		427.24 12,797 30 Tab 24
Somogy County 6,065.07 312,084 52 Kaposvár 245

Politics

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Somogy County Hall

The Somogy County Council, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:<ref>Közgyűlés, Template:In lang [2]</ref>

    Party Seats Current County Assembly
style="background-color:Template:Party color |   Fidesz-KDNP 9 style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |  
style="background-color:Template:Party color |   Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) 3 style="background-color:Template:Party color |   style="background-color:Template:Party color |                
  Association for Somogy (Somogyért) 2                  
style="background-color:Template:Party color |   Momentum Movement (MM) 1 style="background-color:Template:Party color|                  
style="background-color:Template:Party color |   Democratic Coalition (DK) 1 style="background-color:Template:Party color |                  

Presidents of the General Assembly

List of presidents since 1990<ref>Önkormányzati választások eredményei Template:In lang</ref>
István Gyenesei (Independent) 1990–1994
István Kolber (MSZP) 1994–1998
István Gyenesei (Somogyért) 1998–2006
Attila Gelencsér (Fidesz-KDNP) 2006–2014
Norbert Bíró (Fidesz-KDNP) 2014–

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Municipalities

Somogy County has 1 urban county, 15 towns, 2 large villages and 227 villages.

City with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

Towns

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Villages

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Template:Div col end File:Red pog.svg municipalities are large villages.

See also

International relations

Somogy County has a partnership relationship with:

References

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