Fejér County

Fejér ( hu, Fejér megye, ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in Central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest, Bács-Kiskun, Tolna and Somogy. The capital of Fejér county is Székesfehérvár.

Geography

Geographically, Fejér County is very diverse; its southern part is similar (and adjacent) to the Great Hungarian Plain, and other parts are hilly (Bakony, Vértes, Gerecse mountains). Lake Velence, a popular resort, is also located there.

History

Early history

The area was already inhabited 20,000 years ago. When this part of Hungary formed a Roman province called ''Pannonia'', several settlements stood here: the capital was Gorsium, but there were other significant towns too, where present-day Baracs and Dunaújváros are (the towns were called ''Annamatia'' and ''Intercisa'', respectively). In the early Medieval period Huns and Avars lived in the area. After 586 several nomadic people inhabited in the area, until Hungarians conquered it in the late 9th century.

From the Roman conquest until the Ottoman occupation

Hungarians arrived in the area between 895 and 900. The high prince and his tribe settled down in this area. The town of ''Fehérvár'' (modern-day Székesfehérvár) became significant as the seat of Prince Géza. Under the reign of his son, King Stephen, the town became the county seat of the newly formed county. Kings of Hungary were crowned and buried in the town until the 16th century.

Fejér under Ottoman rule

Fejér county was occupied by Ottomans between 1543 and 1688. Several of the villages were destroyed, the population dramatically decreased. After being freed from Ottoman rule, local administration was reorganized in 1692. Székesfehérvár got back its town status only in 1703.

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 417,651 and the population density was 96/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 6,500), Germans (5,500).

Total population (2011 census): 425,847

Ethnic groups (2011 census):
Identified themselves: 372 538 persons:
*Hungarians: 356 982 (95,82%)
*Roma: 6 277 (1,68%)
*Germans: 5 419 (1,45%)
*Others and indefinable: 3 860 (1,04%)
Approx. 65,000 persons in Fejér County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

*Catholic – 152,234 (Roman Catholic – 150,883; Greek Catholic – 1,292);
* Reformed – 46,154;
*Evangelical – 7,143;
* Orthodox – 418;
*other religions – 5,524;
*Non-religious – 82,975;
*Atheism – 6,427;
*''Undeclared'' – 124,972.

Regional structure

Politics

County Assembly

The Fejér County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 20 counselors, with the following party composition:

Presidents of the County Assembly

Members of the National Assembly

The following members elected of the National Assembly during the 2022 parliamentary election:

Municipalities

Fejér County has 2 urban counties, 15 towns, 11 large villages and 78 villages.

;Cities with county rights
(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)
*Székesfehérvár (100,570)
*Dunaújváros (48,484)

;Towns

*Mór (14,272)
*Sárbogárd (12,446)
* Bicske (11,891)
* Gárdony (9,666)
* Ercsi (8,289)
*Enying (6,835)
* Polgárdi (6,802)
* Pusztaszabolcs (6,099)
*Martonvásár (5,732)
*Velence (5,474)
* Csákvár (5,218)
* Aba (4,426)
* Rácalmás (4,419)
* Bodajk (4,219)
*Adony (3,717)

;Villages

*Alap
* Alcsútdoboz
* Alsószentiván
* Bakonycsernye
* Bakonykúti
* Balinka
*Baracs
*Baracska
* Beloiannisz
* Besnyő
*Bodmér
* Cece
*Csabdi
* Csákberény
* Csókakő
* Csősz
* Csór
* Daruszentmiklós
* Dég
* Előszállás
*Etyek
* Fehérvárcsurgó
* Felcsút
* Füle
*Gánt
*Gyúró
* Hantos
* Igar
* Iszkaszentgyörgy
* Isztimér
* Iváncsa
* Jenő
* Kajászó
* Káloz
* Kápolnásnyék
* Kincsesbánya
*Kisapostag
* Kisláng
* Kőszárhegy
* Kulcs
* Lajoskomárom
* Lepsény
* Lovasberény
* Magyaralmás
* Mány
* Mátyásdomb
* Mezőfalva
* Mezőkomárom
* Mezőszentgyörgy
* Mezőszilas
* Moha
*Nadap
* Nádasdladány
*Nagykarácsony
* Nagylók
* Nagyveleg
* Nagyvenyim
* Óbarok
* Pákozd
* Pátka
*Pázmánd
* Perkáta
* Pusztavám
* Ráckeresztúr
* Sáregres
* Sárkeresztes
* Sárkeresztúr
* Sárkeszi
* Sárosd
* Sárszentágota
* Sárszentmihály
* Seregélyes
*Soponya
* Söréd
*Sóskút
*Sukoró
* Szabadbattyán
* Szabadegyháza
* Szabadhídvég
*Szár
* Tabajd
*Tác
* Tordas
* Újbarok
* Úrhida
* Vajta
*Vál
*Vereb
*Vértesacsa
* Vértesboglár
* Zámoly
*Zichyújfalu

municipalities are ''large'' villages.

Gallery

File:Szekesfehervar Orb and Episcopal Palace.JPG, Székesfehérvár, the ''City of Kings''
File:Velencei-to este.jpg, Lake Velence, Hungary's 4th largest lake
File:Esterházy-kastély a park felől.JPG, Esterházy Mansion, Csákvár
File:Kert_(arborétum)_(13220._számú_műemlék).jpg, Arboretum in Alcsútdoboz
File:Károlyi-kastély (3637. számú műemlék) 7.jpg, Károlyi Castle in Fehérvárcsurgó
File:V. Nádady kastély (3730. számú műemlék) 6.jpg, Nádady Mansion in Nádasdladány
File:Brunszvik-kastély.jpg, Brunszvik Mansion in Martonvásár
File:Gorsium - Tác.JPG, An open-air museum presents the Roman Empire ruins in Tác

References

External links

Official site
in Hungarian

Fehér Megyei Hírlap (feol.hu) - The county portalHungary at GeoHive

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Counties of Hungary