Veszprém County
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Transdanubia
County seat	Veszprém
Area
- Total	4,613 km2 (1,781.1 sq mi)
Population
- Total	375,000
- Density	81.3/km2 (210.5/sq mi)

For the historical county see Veszprém (former county).

Veszprém (in Slovak Vesprím) is the name of an administrative county (megye) in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.

[edit] Veszprém county

Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the northern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér, Somogy and Zala. The capital of Veszprém county is Veszprém. The river Marcal runs along part of its western border. Its area is 4613 km².

[edit] Regional structure

[edit] City with county rights

Aerial photography: Veszprém - Hungary

• Veszprém (county seat)

[edit] Towns

(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)

• Pápa (33,583)
• Ajka (31,971)
• Várpalota (21,682)
• Tapolca (17,914)
• Balatonfüred (13,289)
• Balatonalmádi (8,514)
• Zirc (7,445)
• Sümeg (6,847)
• Berhida (5,927)
• Devecser (5,232)
• Balatonfűzfő (4,337)
• Herend (3,446)
• Badacsonytomaj (2,312)

[edit] Towns and villages

Mindszentkálla - Temple ruins

Nagyvázsony - Castle from above

Aerial photo: Döbrönte - Castle

Magyarpolány Kálvária from above

[edit] External links

• Veszprém County
• Veszprém Town

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