Region in Hungary
Location of Central Hungary region within Hungary Central Hungary (Hungarian : Közép-Magyarország ) is one of the seven statistical regions in Hungary (NUTS 1 and NUTS 2). It includes Budapest (the capital of the region) and Pest County .
Administration
Central Hungary's subregions (population figures from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office as of 2009)
Budapest
Subregion
Seat
Area
Population
Number of
Budapest
Budapest 525.16 km2 (202.77 sq mi)
1,712,210
1
Pest County
Subregion
Seat
Area
Population
Number of
Aszód
Aszód 241.41 km2 (93.21 sq mi)
35,451
9
Budaörs
Budaörs 240.36 km2 (92.80 sq mi)
85,115
10
Cegléd
Cegléd 1,234.00 km2 (476.45 sq mi)
121,149
15
Dabas
Dabas 498.68 km2 (192.54 sq mi)
44,183
10
Dunakeszi
Dunakeszi 125.17 km2 (48.33 sq mi)
79,123
4
Érd
Érd 117.95 km2 (45.54 sq mi)
99,536
4
Gödöllő
Gödöllő 380.88 km2 (147.06 sq mi)
104,471
12
Gyál
Gyál 286.54 km2 (110.63 sq mi)
45,944
5
Monor
Monor 449.62 km2 (173.60 sq mi)
110,287
15
Nagykáta
Nagykáta 711.85 km2 (274.85 sq mi)
76,909
16
Pilisvörösvár
Pilisvörösvár 245.44 km2 (94.76 sq mi)
66,702
14
Ráckeve
Ráckeve 628.33 km2 (242.60 sq mi)
141,756
20
Szentendre
Szentendre 326.58 km2 (126.09 sq mi)
77,676
13
Szob
Szob 314.73 km2 (121.52 sq mi)
12,605
13
Vác
Vác 431.81 km2 (166.72 sq mi)
70,558
19
Veresegyház
Veresegyház 159.79 km2 (61.70 sq mi)
36,793
8
Economy
Central Hungary is the richest and most developed region of the country. The unemployment rate stood at 2.7% in 2017 and was much lower than the national and the european average.[5]
Year
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
unemployment rate 5.1%
4.8%
4.5%
6.5%
8.9%
9.0%
9.5%
8.7%
6.2%
5.3%
3.8%
2.7%
Tourism
Central Hungary is part of the Budapest Central Transdanubia Tourist Region.
Budapest
In 1987 a World Heritage Site was declared which includes Buda Castle , the Danube Riverbank, the Andrássy Avenue and its historic surroundings, the Millennium Underground Railway and Heroes' Square .
Other important landmarks in Buda are the Gellért Hill and the tomb of Gül Baba and Rudas Baths built during the Ottoman rule of Hungary , ruins of Old Buda , the Coliseum in Nagyszombat Street and the ruins of Aquincum . In the Buda Hills are the Chairlift , the Children's railway and caves with stalagmites and stalactites .
The most important landmarks in Pest are the Hungarian Parliament Building , the St. Stephen's Basilica , the Inner City Parish Church, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , the Vigadó Concert Hall , the Hungarian National Museum , the New York Palace on the Small Boulevard , the Dohány Street Synagogue , the Grand Boulevard , and the Museum of Applied Arts .
Other important displays are at the Museum of Fine Arts , the Hungarian National Gallery , the Ethnographic Museum , the Budapest History Museum and Statue Park .
Important landmarks are Budapest's oldest bridges, such as the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, the Margaret Bridge , the Liberty Bridge . The biggest parks are very popular, especially the City Park with Vajdahunyad Castle , the Széchenyi thermal bath , the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden and the Margaret Island . Budapest is world-famous for its hot spas too.
Budapest holds many perennial events, for example Budapest Fair, Fireworks and Budapest Parade.
Pest County
Places of interest in Pest County are Gödöllő (Royal Castle and Arboretum ), Ráckeve (Serbian cathedral and Savoya Castle), Szentendre (Baroque town square, Margit Kovács Museum, Ethnographic Open Air Museum), Vác (cathedral, triumphal arch ) and Visegrád (Visegrád Castle).
Other landmarks are the church (built in the Middle Ages ) in Zsámbék , the Reformed church of the Holy Roman Empire , the church in Fót in the Romantic style , Apaj plain, ancient juniper fields in Tatárszentgyörgy , equestrianism in Pusztavacs , Attila Rise in Tápiószentmárton , the arboretum in Vácrátót and the bear sanctuary in Veresegyház .
The Pilis Mountains offer plenty of opportunities for hiking . There are also the Visegrád Hills, Ördögmalom waterfall , Gödöllő National Park and Ócsa National Park.
Hungary
