Tolna County

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Tolna County
Tolna county
Region Southern Transdanubia
County seat Szekszárd
Area 3703 km²
Population 250,284
Population density 68/km²
Municipalities 108
For other uses, see Tolna (disambiguation).

Tolna is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary and in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér, Bács-Kiskun, and Baranya. The capital of Tolna county is Szekszárd. Its area is 3703 km².

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[edit] History

Main article: Tolna (former county)

Tolna (in Latin: comitatus Tolnensis) was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is presently in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.

[edit] Regional structure

[edit] City with county rights

Aerial photography: Szekszárd - Hungary
Aerial photography: Szekszárd - Hungary

[edit] Towns

(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)

[edit] Villages

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