Fejér County

Fejér County
Descending, from top: the Holland House in the park of the Festetich Palace in Dég, Martonvásár area, arboretum in Alcsútdoboz in the Duna-Ipoly National Park
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Transdanubia
County seat	Székesfehérvár
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Dr. Krisztián Molnár (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	4,358.45 km2 (1,682.81 sq mi)
Area rank	11th in Hungary
Population (2011 census)
• Total	425,847
• Rank	7th in Hungary
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Postal code	206x, 209x, 24xx, 700x – 701x, 7041, 80xx, 811x – 815x
Area code(s)	(+36) 22, 25
ISO 3166 code	HU-FE
Website	www.fejer.hu

For the historical county see Fejér (former county).

Fejér (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛjeːr]) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) 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, Pest, Bács-Kiskun, Tolna and Somogy. The capital of Fejér county is Székesfehérvár.

Geography

Geographically, Fejér County is very diverse; its southern part is similar (and adjacent) to the Great Hungarian Plain, and other parts are hilly (Bakony, Vértes, Gerecse mountains). Lake Velence, a popular resort, is also located there.

History

Before the Conquest

The area was already inhabited 20,000 years ago. When this part of Hungary formed a Roman province called Pannonia, several settlements stood here: the capital was Gorsium, but there were other significant towns too, where present-day Baracs and Dunaújváros are (the towns were called Annamatia and Intercisa, respectively). In the early Medieval period Huns and Avars lived in the area. After 586 several nomadic people inhabited in the area, until Hungarians conquered it in the late 9th century.

From the Conquest until the Ottoman occupation

Hungarians arrived in the area between 895 and 900. The high prince and his tribe settled down in this area. The town of Fehérvár (modern-day Székesfehérvár) became significant as the seat of Prince Géza. Under the reign of his son, King Stephen, the town became the county seat of the newly formed county. Kings of Hungary were crowned and buried in the town until the 16th century.

Fejér under Ottoman rule

Fejér county was occupied by Ottomans between 1543 and 1688. Several of the villages were destroyed, the population dramatically decreased. After being freed from Ottoman rule, local administration was reorganized in 1692. Székesfehérvár got back its town status only in 1703.

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 417,651 and the population density was 96/km².

Year	County population[1]	Change
1949	295,750	n/a
1960	357,897	21.01%
1970	391,272	9.33%
1980	420,317	7.42%
1990	418,852	-0.35%
2001	434,317 (record)	3.69%
2011	425,847	-1.95%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 6,500), Germans (5,500).

Total population (2011 census): 425,847
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[2] Identified themselves: 372 538 persons:

• Hungarians: 356 982 (95,82%)
• Gypsies: 6 277 (1,68%)
• Germans: 5 419 (1,45%)
• Others and indefinable: 3 860 (1,04%)

Approx. 65,000 persons in Fejér County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[3]

• Catholic – 35.7% (Roman Catholic – 35.4%; Greek Catholic – 0.3%);
• Reformed – 10.8%;
• Evangelical – 1.7%;
• Orthodox – 0.1%;
• other religions – 1.3%;
• Non-religious – 19.5%;
• Atheism – 1.5%;
• Undeclared – 29.3%.

Regional structure

District of Fejér County

Politics

The Fejér County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 20 counselors, with the following party composition:^[4]

Municipalities

Cities with county rights

• Székesfehérvár – county seat; 100,570 (as of 2011)
• Dunaújváros – 48,484 (as of 2011)

Towns

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

Gallery

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fejér County.

• Official site in Hungarian
• Fehér Megyei Hírlap (feol.hu) - The county portal
• Hungary at GeoHive

Fejér County
County seat: Székesfehérvár
Cities and towns	Aba Adony Bicske Bodajk Dunaújváros Enying Ercsi Gárdony Martonvásár Mór Polgárdi Pusztaszabolcs Rácalmás Sárbogárd Velence
Villages	Alap Alcsútdoboz Alsószentiván Bakonycsernye Bakonykúti Balinka Baracs Baracska Beloiannisz Besnyő Bodmér Cece Csabdi Csákberény Csákvár Csókakő Csősz Csór Daruszentmiklós Dég Előszállás Etyek Fehérvárcsurgó Felcsút Füle Gánt Gyúró Hantos Igar Iszkaszentgyörgy Isztimér Iváncsa Jenő Kajászó Káloz Kápolnásnyék Kincsesbánya Kisapostag Kisláng Kulcs Kőszárhegy Lajoskomárom Lepsény Lovasberény Magyaralmás Mány Mátyásdomb Mezőfalva Mezőkomárom Mezőszentgyörgy Mezőszilas Moha Nadap Nádasdladány Nagykarácsony Nagylók Nagyveleg Nagyvenyim Óbarok Pákozd Pátka Pázmánd Perkáta Pusztavám Ráckeresztúr Sáregres Sárkeresztes Sárkeresztúr Sárkeszi Sárosd Sárszentágota Sárszentmihály Seregélyes Soponya Söréd Sukoró Szabadbattyán Szabadegyháza Szabadhídvég Szár Tabajd Tác Tordas Újbarok Úrhida Vajta Vál Vereb Vértesacsa Vértesboglár Zámoly Zichyújfalu
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Counties (megyék) of Hungary
Baranya Bács-Kiskun Békés Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Csongrád Fejér Győr-Moson-Sopron Hajdú-Bihar Heves Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Komárom-Esztergom Nógrád Pest Somogy Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Tolna Vas Veszprém Zala

Coordinates: 47°10′N 18°35′E / 47.167°N 18.583°E / 47.167; 18.583