Hungarian Central Statistical Office

Hungary’s new territorial breakdown by statistical micro-regions for regional development, consisting of 174 units, was disclosed in the Annex of Act CVII of 2004 on multi-purpose micro-regional association of municipalities, as amended in 2007.

Based on Act CVII of 2004 the micro-regional territorial breakdown was revised between 1^st October 2006 and 30th March 2007, as a result of which 174 statistical micro-regions for regional development were established on the initiative of municipalities. The new territorial breakdown by micro-regions was disclosed by Act CVII of 2004 on multi-purpose micro-regional association of municipalities, as amended by Act CVII of 2007, and entered into effect on the eighth day following the disclosure on 17^th September 2007.

Due to the revision the number of micro-regions increased by 6, there were changes in 40 of the 168 old micro-regions, the number of the settlements they comprised fell or grew because of splits or transfers. The number of settlements transferred between micro-regions was 121, 85 of them were transferred to new micro-regions, and a further 36 settlements were transferred between old micro-regions. In addition to new micro-regions the settlement structure changed in 40 of the former 168 micro-regions. After the red sludge disaster in Hungary in 2010 Act CXLIX of 2010, adopted by Parliament, organised the settlements concerned and the surrounding few settlements – after they split from the Ajka micro-region – into a new micro-region under the name of Devecser micro-region. So the number of micro-regions is 175 at present.

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The 175 micro-regions (based on Act CXLIX of 2010) in XLS format