What is Zala?

Information about Zala

For other uses see Zala (disambiguation).
Zala County
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Zala county
RegionWestern Transdanubia
County seatZalaegerszeg
Area3784 km
Population298,374
Population density79/km
Municipalities257
Zala is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Hungary. It lies in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia and Slovenia and the Hungarian counties Vas, Veszprém and Somogy. The capital of Zala county is Zalaegerszeg. Its area is 3784 km². Lake Balaton lies partly in the county.

Regional structure

Cities with county rights

Cities and towns

(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)

Villages

AlibánfaDobriKeménfaMuraszemenyePusztaedericsVállus
AlmásházaDobronhegyKerecsenyNagybakónakPusztamagyaródVárfölde
AlsónemesapátiDöbröceKerkabarabásNagygörbőPusztaszentlászlóVárvölgy
AlsópáhokDötkKerkafalvaNagykapornakRamocsaVindornyafok
AlsórajkEgeraracsaKerkakutasNagykutasResznekVindornyalak
AlsószenterzsébetEgervárKerkaszentkirályNagylengyelReziVindornyaszőlős
BabosdöbréteEszteregnyeKerkateskándNagypáliRédicsVonyarcvashegy
BagladEsztergályhorvátiKilimánNagyradaRigyácVöckönd
BagodFelsőpáhokKisbucsaNagyrécseSalomvárZajk
BakFelsőrajkKiscsehiNemesapátiSandZalaapáti
BaktüttösFelsőszenterzsébetKisgörbőNemesbükSárhidaZalabaksa
BalatongyörökFityeházKiskutasNemeshetésSármellékZalabér
BalatonmagyaródFűzvölgyKispáliNemesnépSemjénházaZalaboldogfa
BarlahidaGalambokKisrécseNemespátróSényeZalacsány
BatykGaraboncKisszigetNemesrádóSormásZalacséb
BánokszentgyörgyGáborjánházaKistolmácsNemessándorházaSöjtörZalaháshágy
BázakerettyeGellénházaKisvásárhelyNemesszentandrásSurdZalaigrice
BecsehelyGelseKozmadombjaNémetfaluSümegcsehiZalaistvánd
BecsvölgyeGelseszigetKustánszegNovaSzalapaZalakomár
BeleznaGétyeKülsősárdOltárcSzentgyörgyvárZalaköveskút
BelsősárdGombosszegLakhegyOrbányosfaSzentgyörgyvölgyZalamerenye
BezerédGosztolaLasztonyaOrmándlakSzentkozmadombjaZalasárszeg
BocföldeGősfaLendvadedesOrosztonySzentliszlóZalaszabar
BocskaGutorföldeLendvajakabfaOrtaházaSzentmargitfalvaZalaszántó
BoncodföldeGyenesdiásLickóvadamosOzmánbükSzentpéterföldeZalaszentbalázs
BorsfaGyűrűsLigetfalvaÓhídSzentpéterúrZalaszentgyörgy
BókaházaHagyárosböröndLispeszentadorjánPacsaSzepetnekZalaszentiván
BödeHahótLiszóPadárSzécsiszigetZalaszentjakab
BödeházaHernyékLovásziPakodSzijártóházaZalaszentlászló
BörzönceHomokkomáromMagyarföldPatSzilvágyZalaszentlőrinc
BúcsúszentlászlóHosszúvölgyMagyarszentmiklósPákaTeskándZalaszentmárton
BucsutaHottóMagyarszerdahelyPálfiszegTilajZalaszentmihály
CsapiIborfiaMarócPethőhenyeTormaföldeZalaszombatfa
CsatárIklódbördőceMárokföldPetrikeresztúrTornyiszentmiklósZalatárnok
CserszegtomajKacorlakMiháldPetriventeTófejZalaújlak
CsertalakosKallósdMihályfaPókaszepetkTótszentmártonZalavár
CsesztregKarmacsMikekarácsonyfaPórszombatTótszerdahelyZalavég
CsonkahegyhátKálócfaMilejszegPölöskeTürjeZebecke
CsödeKányavárMisefaPölöskefőÚjudvar
CsömödérKávásMolnáriPördeföldeValkonya
CsörnyeföldKehidakustányMurakeresztúrPötréteVasboldogasszony
DióskálKemendollárMurarátkaPusztaapátiVaspör



Vonyarcvashegy - Chapelle

Kemendollár-Kemen castle from above

Aerial Photography: Keszthely - Festetics Castle

Aerial Photo: Rezi - Castle

thumb|right|300px|Aerial photography: Zalaegerszeg




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Counties of Hungary
CountiesBcs-Kiskun Baranya Bks Borsod-Abaj-Zempln Csongrd Fejr Győr-Moson-Sopron Hajd-Bihar Heves Jsz-Nagykun-Szolnok Komrom-Esztergom Ngrd Pest Somogy Szabolcs-Szatmr-Bereg Tolna Vas Veszprm Zala
Urban countiesBkscsaba Budapest (capital) Debrecen Dunajvros Eger rd Győr Hdmezővsrhely Kaposvr Kecskemt Miskolc Nagykanizsa Nyregyhza Pcs Salgtarjn Sopron Szeged Szekszrd Szkesfehrvr Szolnok Szombathely Tatabnya Veszprm Zalaegerszeg


Coordinates:
Zala can refer to:
  • A county in Hungary: see Zala
  • A former county in the Kingdom of Hungary: Zala (former county)
  • A village in Hungary: Zala, Hungary
  • Zala River
  • Zala, Tibet

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Hungary

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  • President
  • Lszl Slyom
  • Prime minister
  • Ferenc Gyurcsny
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Western Transdanubia is a statistical (NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of Transdanubia (NUTS 1) region. Western Transdanubia includes the counties of Zala, Vas, and Győr-Moson-Sopron.
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A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there.
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Zalaegerszeg listen   (help info ) (Croatian: Jagarsek) is the administrative center of Zala county, Western Hungary.
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Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. The term Surface area is the summation of the areas of the exposed sides of an object.

Units

Units for measuring surface area include:
square metre = SI derived unit

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Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to:
  • 1,000,000 m²
  • 100 ha (hectare)
Conversely:
  • 1 m² = 0.

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population is the collection of people or organisms of a particular species living in a given geographic area or mortality, and migration, though the field encompasses many dimensions of population change including the family (marriage and divorce), public health, work and the
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Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, humans in particular.

Biological population densities


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municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.
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Comitatus (Latin: company, armed group) may refer to:
  • Comes, a Latin word with similar meaning
  • Comitatenses, the Roman late Imperial mobile army
  • Comitatus (classical meaning), a political term used in various meanings, in Europe's classical period and in

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Motto
none
Historically Regnum Mariae Patronae Hungariae (Latin)
"Kingdom of Mary the Patroness of Hungary"
Anthem
Himnusz ("Isten, áldd meg a magyart")
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Motto
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Historically Regnum Mariae Patronae Hungariae (Latin)
"Kingdom of Mary the Patroness of Hungary"
Anthem
Himnusz ("Isten, áldd meg a magyart")
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The Zala is a river in south-western Hungary. Its source is in the hills on the borders with Austria and Slovenia. It flows through the city of Zalaegerszeg before flowing into Lake Balaton near Keszthely. The River Zala flows through the Hungarian counties of Vas and Zala.
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Anthem
Lijepa naša domovino
Our beautiful homeland


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Motto
none
Anthem
7th stanza of Zdravljica
"A Toast"


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Region Central Transdanubia
County seat Veszprém
Area 4613 km
Population 375,000
Population density 81/km
Municipalities 217
For the historical county see Veszprém (former county).

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Region Southern Transdanubia
County seat Kaposvár
Area 6036 km
Population 335,237
Population density 56/km
Municipalities 244 Somogy
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Zalaegerszeg listen   (help info ) (Croatian: Jagarsek) is the administrative center of Zala county, Western Hungary.
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Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to:
  • 1,000,000 m²
  • 100 ha (hectare)
Conversely:
  • 1 m² = 0.

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Location Hungary
Coordinates Coordinates:
Lake type Rift lake

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Zalaegerszeg listen   (help info ) (Croatian: Jagarsek) is the administrative center of Zala county, Western Hungary.
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Nagykanizsa
Country Hungary
County Zala
Government
 - Mayor István Marton (FIDESZ-KDNP)
Area
 - City 148.
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Keszthely [ˈkɛsthɛj] (Croatian: Kestel, Monoštor) is a Hungarian town of 23,000 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton.
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Lenti is a town in Zala county, Hungary, located near the border with Austria, Slovenia and Croatia.

Famous inhabitants

  • József Sári (1935-), composer
  • László Lackner (1943-), writer

Twin towns

Lenti is twinned with:


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Zalaszentgrót is a town in Zala county, Hungary.

External links

  • Street map (Hungarian)

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Letenye is a town in Zala county, Hungary, on the border with Croatia. It was elevated to town status in 1989.

History

The town itself was first mentioned in 1314 as Letnye. The name comes from the Slavic word leto meaning summer.
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Hévíz is a town in Zala county, Hungary.

See also

  • Hévíz Spa
  • Lake Hévíz

External links

  • Street map (Hungarian)
  • Great Hotels with online capacity handling in Hévíz.

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Zalakaros is a town in Zala county, Hungary.

Zalakaros is famous for its thermal bath.

Twin towns

Zalakaros is twinned with:

  • Puchheim, Germany
  • Asperhofen, Austria

External links

  • Zalakaros hompage

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Dobri is a village in Zala county, Hungary.

External links

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