Pest County
Pest County
Pest vármegye | |
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Clockwise, from top: the Börzsöny Mountain in Nagybörzsöny village, landscape of Kemence, and landscape of Vác | |
Pest County within Hungary | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Central Hungary |
| County seat | Budapest |
| Districts | 18 districts |
| Government | |
| • President of the General Assembly | István Szabó (Fidesz-KDNP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,393.14 km2 (2,468.41 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3rd in Hungary |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 1,339,000 |
| • Rank | 1st in Hungary |
| • Density | 191.8/km2 (497/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | HUF 3,607 billion €11.586 billion (2016) |
| Postal code | 20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx |
| Area code(s) | (+36) 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53 |
| ISO 3166 code | HU-PE |
| Website | www |
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Pest (Hungarian: Pest vármegye, pronounced [ˈpɛʃt]; German: Komitat Pest) is a county (vármegye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,339,090 (2023). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér, and Komárom-Esztergom. The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest, although Budapest is not part of Pest County. Starting 2018, they also constitute different NUTS:HU level 2 regions, as previously Pest County has lost catch-up aids from the European Union because of the high development of Budapest.