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Veszprém County Veszprém megye
Counties of Hungary
Descending, from top: View of Tihany Abbey from Lake Balaton, Badacsony Mountain, and Castle of Veszprém
Flag Coat of arms
Veszprém County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Transdanubia
County seat	Veszprém
Districts	10 districts Ajka District Balatonalmádi District Balatonfüred District Devecser District Pápa District Sümeg District Tapolca District Várpalota District Veszprém District Zirc District
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Imre Polgárdy (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	4,463.65 km2 (1,723.42 sq mi)
Area rank	9th in Hungary
Population (2015)
• Total	346,647[1]
• Rank	12th in Hungary
Postal code	810x, 816x – 819x, 830x – 8352, 84xx – 85xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 87, 88, 89
ISO 3166 code	.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} HU-VE
Website	www.vpmegye.hu

Veszprém (Hungarian: Veszprém megye, pronounced [ˈvɛspreːm]; German: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (megye) in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.

Veszprém county

Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the northern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér, Somogy and Zala. The capital of Veszprém county is Veszprém. The river Marcal runs along part of its western border. Its area is 4613 km².

Veszprém County on an old map

History

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 346,647 and the population density was 77/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
1949	294,289	n/a
1960	337,836	14.80%
1970	357,830	5.92%
1980	377,746 (record)	5.57%
1990	374,466	-0.87%
2001	369,727	-1.27%
2011	353,068	-4.51%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 8,500) and Roma (5,000).

Total population (2011 census): 353,068

Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3]
Identified themselves: 315 436 persons:

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  Hungarians: 299 410 (94,92%)


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  Germans: 8 473 (2,69%)


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  Gypsies: 5 162 (1,64%)


• Others and indefinable: 2 391 (0,76%)

Approx. 51,000 persons in Veszprém County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Catholic – 167,372 (Roman Catholic – 166,597; Greek Catholic – 719);


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  Reformed – 30,491;


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  Evangelical – 12,813;


• other religions – 4,376;


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  Non-religious – 43,171;


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  Atheism – 3,915;


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  Undeclared – 90,930.

Regional structure

District of Veszprém County

Politics

Countyhall of Veszprém.

The Veszprém County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 17 counselors, with the following party composition:^[5]

Presidents of the General Assembly

Municipalities

Veszprém County has 1 urban county, 14 towns, 2 large villages and 200 villages.

City with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

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  Veszprém (61,721) – county seat

Towns

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

Gallery

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  Veszprém, the City of Queens
  

  
  

  
  


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  The Watermill of Tapolca
  

  
  

  
  


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  Tihany, behind Tihany Abbey and Lake Balaton
  

  
  

  
  


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  Cistercian Convent at Zirc
  

  
  

  
  


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  Badacsony
  

  
  

  
  


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  Castle of Vázsonykő, Nagyvázsony
  

  
  

  
  


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  Round church of Öskü
  

  
  

  
  


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  Former E1 headquarter building, Hajmáskér
  

  
  

  
  

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Veszprém County.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Veszprém County.

External links

• 
  Official site in Hungarian


• Napló (veol.hu) - The county portal

Coordinates: 47°10′N 17°45′E / 47.167°N 17.750°E / 47.167; 17.750