Pest County

Pest County
Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County seat	Budapest
Area
- Total	6,393.14 km2 (2,468.4 sq mi)
Population
- Total	1,213,090
- Density	189.7/km2 (491.4/sq mi)

Pest County (Hungarian pronunciation: [pɛʃt]) is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér and Komárom-Esztergom. The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate).

History

The present county Pest was formed after World War II, when the former county Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun was split in two parts (the other part is presently part of Bács-Kiskun. Pest County also existed in the early days of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century). Its territory comprised approximately the north-eastern part of present Pest County. It was combined with adjacent Pilis county before the 15th century. More information can be found at the entry of former Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county.

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Demographics

Ethnic groups (2001 census):

• Magyars - 93.5%
• Germans - 1.7%
• Roma - 1.2%
• Slovaks - 0.8%
• Others - 0.5%
• Unknown (no answer) - 2.3%

Religions (2001 census):

• Roman Catholic - 53%
• Calvinist - 16%
• Lutheran - 3.8%
• Greek Catholic - 1.2%
• Others (Christian) - 1.3%
• Others (non-Christian) - 0.2%
• Atheist - 12%
• Unknown (no answer) - 12.5%

Regional structure

City with county's rights

• Érd (57,209) (since 2006)

Towns

(ordered by population, as of 2001)

Szentendre - main square

Villages

Halásztelek - Palace	Fót - Palace - aerial photo	Aerial Photo: Visegrád - Upper Castle	Galgahévíz - Szentandráspart
Pomáz - Palace	Zsámbék - Palece from above	Tóalmás - Palace	Solymár - Castle

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Coordinates: 47°25′N 19°20′E / 47.417°N 19.333°E / 47.417; 19.333