The

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...

(, ) is a statistical area that describes the reach of commuter movement to and from Budapest and its surrounding suburbs. Created by Hungary's national statistical office HCSO to describe suburban development around centres of urban growth, the surrounding a more densely built and densely populated

urban area An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...

. As of 2014 the

metropolitan area, with its 7,626 km² (2,944 sq mi), extends significantly beyond Budapest's administrative

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(encompasses 193 settlements around the city), a region also commonly referred to as

Central Hungary Central Hungary ( ) is one of the eight statistical regions in Hungary (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS 1 and NUTS 2). It includes and since 2018 no longer includes , the capital of the region. Administration Central ...

. It had a population of 3,303,786 inhabitants at the January 2013 census, making it the ''tenth largest'' urban region in Europe (

Larger urban zone The functional urban area (FUA), previously known as larger urban zone (LUZ), is a measure of the population and expanse of metropolitan and surrounding areas which may or may not be exclusively urban. It consists of a city and its commuting zo ...

s in Europe). 33% of Hungary's population resides in the region.

Economy

In 2021 Budapest's

gross metropolitan product Gross metropolitan product (GMP) is a monetary measure that calculates the total economic output of a statistical metropolitan unit during a specific time period. It represents the market value of all final goods and services produced within the u ...

was €73.5 billion. This puts Budapest in 32nd place among cities in

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Traffic

There are 4 subway lines, 36

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

lines, 18 suburban railway lines (operated by MÁV-Hungarian State Railways and BKV-Public Transport Company of Budapest also) and 601

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

lines in the metropolitan area (2006). ;

Motorways A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...

Arterial motorways that also connects Budapest Metropolitan Area to the city center are

M1 motorway (Hungary) The M1 motorway () is a toll motorway in northwestern Hungary, connecting Budapest to Győr and Vienna. The first section of the motorway opened in the 1970s, reaching the Austrian border at Hegyeshalom in 1996. It follows the route of t ...

from north-west, M2 motorway (Hungary) from north,

M3 motorway (Hungary) The M3 motorway () is a Hungarian motorway connecting Budapest to Nyíregyháza. It will eventually connect Budapest to the Ukraine, Ukrainian border. Two other motorways branch off it, the M30 motorway (Hungary), M30 (connecting the M3 to ...

from north-east with M31 motorway (Hungary) link, M4 motorway (Hungary) from east, M5 motorway (Hungary) from south-east with M51 motorway (Hungary) link,

M6 motorway (Hungary) The M6 motorway () is a north-south motorway in Hungary running along the Danube connecting Budapest to Mohács, and the section further south to the Croatia, Croatian border is under construction. The southernmost Bóly - Ivándárda (border ...

from south,

M7 motorway (Hungary) The M7 motorway () is a Hungary, Hungarian motorway which runs from Budapest towards the Croatian border at Letenye, reaching Székesfehérvár, then Siófok, a town on Lake Balaton, and the city of Nagykanizsa in the southwest of the cou ...

from south-west.

M0 motorway (Hungary) The M0 motorway is a beltway, ringroad around Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The ring presently connects motorways M1 motorway (Hungary), M1, M7 motorway (Hungary), M7, M6 motorway (Hungary), M6, M5 motorway (Hungary), M5, M4 motorway (Hungary ...

ring-road of

connects all arterial motorways.

Settlements of the Budapest metropolitan area

* Alsónémedi * Biatorbágy * Budajenő *

Budakalász Budakalász is a town in the Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, R ...

* Budakeszi *

Budaörs Budaörs (; ; , or ; ) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. Location A suburb of Budapest, the town lies among the Buda and Csiki hills and the Tétény plateau in the Budaörs-basin. The dramatic ''Törökugrató' ...

Csobánka Csobánka is a village in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. Csobánka is located in the Pilis Mountains which is a National Park in Hungary. The name Csobánka comes from Ottoman Turkish چوبان (çoban) rooted in < Persian � ...

* Csomád * Csömör * Csörög * Dabas * Délegyháza * Diósd * Dunabogdány * Dunaharaszti * Dunakeszi * Dunavarsány * Ecser *

Erdőkertes Erdőkertes is a village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to th ...

Érd Érd (; ; , ) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is a city with county rights. History The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric humans lived here 50,000 year ...

* Felsőpakony * Fót * Göd *

Gödöllő Gödöllő, officially the City of Gödöllő, is a city in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is 34,396 according to the 2010 census and is growing rapidly. It can b ...

* Gyál *

Gyömrő Gyömrő is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. The City of Gyömrő is situated in the center of the hilly region of Monor, in the outskirt of the capital city, Budapest. The whole territory of Gyömrő is 26,51 km2, i ...

Halásztelek Halásztelek () is a town in Pest County, Hungary. Halásztelek lies on the northern part of Csepel Island, on the Danube. History The Romans, during their occupation, found Halásztelek dangerous because of the regular flooding of the Danube. It ...

* Herceghalom * Inárcs * Isaszeg * Kakucs * Kerepes *

Kistarcsa Kistarcsa () is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. A site of the Kistarcsa concentration camp during the Holocaust. Later an internment camp of State Protection Authority for political prisoners during the 1950s. Histo ...

* Kisoroszi *

Leányfalu Leányfalu is a riverside village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is just north of Szentendre located at . Located between the branch of the Little Danube (Kis-Duna) and the spurs of the Visegrád Mountains, Leányfalu st ...

* Majosháza * Maglód * Mogyoród * Monor * Nagykovácsi * Nagytarcsa *

Ócsa Ócsa is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is situated 30 kilometers south of Budapest. Árpád Age Romanesque church The church was originally built in the 13th century by the Premonstratensians for use as a monast ...

* Őrbottyán * Páty * Perbál * Pécel *

Pilisborosjenő Pilisborosjenő () is a village in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukrai ...

* Piliscsaba * Pilisjászfalu * Pilisszántó * Pilisszentiván *

Pilisszentkereszt Pilisszentkereszt () is a village in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, some 20 km from Budapest in the Pilis Mountains. ''Pilis Szent-Kereszt'' means "St. Cross in Pilis". History The territory of Pilisszentkereszt and the ...

* Pilisszentlászló * Pilisvörösvár * Pomáz * Pócsmegyer * Pusztazámor * Remeteszőlős * Solymár * Sóskút * Szada *

Százhalombatta Százhalombatta (; ; ; ) is a town in Pest County, Hungary. The name of this town in Hungarian literally means "One hundred tumuli" referring to the tumulus field at the edge of the town. History Groups of people had already settled in this ar ...

Szentendre Szentendre, also known as Saint Andrew is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis Mountains, Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the :hu: Szentendrei Szabadtéri ...

* Szigethalom * Szigetmonostor * Szigetszentmiklós * Sződ * Sződliget * Tahitótfalu * Taksony * Tárnok * Telki * Tinnye * Tök *

Tököl Tököl () is a town in Pest County, Hungary. Demography The majority of residents are Hungarians, with a Croatian minority of Bunjevci or Raci. Hungarian Uprising An Budapest-Tököl airfield (47 20 35 N / 18 59 20 E) was built during World ...

* Törökbálint *

Újhartyán Újhartyán () is a small town in Pest County, Hungary. Sights *There is a Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Cat ...

* Újlengyel *

Üllő Üllő is a town in Pest county, Hungary. It is around south-east of the centre of Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the E ...

* Üröm *

Vác Vác (; ; ; ) is a thousand-year old city in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spelling of the name is ''Vácz''. Location Vác is located north of Budapest on the eastern bank of the Danube river, below t ...

* Vácrátót * Vecsés * Veresegyház * Visegrád * Zsámbék

References

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Metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...

Metropolitan areas of Hungary