Central Hungary is one of the seven statistical regions in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 (NUTS 1

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of countries for statistical purposes...

 and NUTS 2). It includes Budapest}} (the capital of the region) and Pest}}.

Administration

Central Hungary’s subregions (population figures from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office as of 2009)

Subregion	Seat	Area	Population	Number of settlements
Budapest	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	525.16 km² (202.8 sq mi)	1,712,210	1

Subregion	Seat	Area	Population	Number of settlements
Aszód	Aszód Aszód Aszód is a town in Pest county, Hungary.- External links :*...	241.41 km² (93.2 sq mi)	35,451	9
Budaörs	Budaörs Budaörs Budaörs is a city in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. The town has a large German-speaking minority who call it Wudersch...	240.36 km² (92.8 sq mi)	85,115	10
Cegléd	Cegléd Cegléd Cegléd is a city in Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.-Name:There are discussions going on about the origin of the name of the town...	1234 km² (476.5 sq mi)	121,149	15
Dabas	Dabas Dabas Dabas is a Jat Gotra, contributing the "Dabas" family name to its members.They have 16 villages in Delhi, in the neighborhood of Dahiya Jats and are closely related to the latter. They are not descendants of Dahiya Jats but came along with them from Rajputana.According to puranic legend Dabas are...	498.68 km² (192.5 sq mi)	44,183	10
Dunakeszi	Dunakeszi Dunakeszi Dunakeszi is a city in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is located to the north of Budapest on the left bank of the Danube.- External links :* *...	125.17 km² (48.3 sq mi)	79,123	4
Érd	Érd Érd Érd is city and urban county in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.-History:The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric men lived here 50,000 years ago....	117.95 km² (45.5 sq mi)	99,536	4
Gödöllő	Gödöllő Gödöllo Gödöllő is a town situated in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is about 31,000 according to the 2001 census. It can be easily reached from Budapest with the suburban railway . Gödöllő is home to the Szent István...	380.88 km² (147.1 sq mi)	104,471	12
Gyál	Gyál Gyál Gyál is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It has a population of 22,552. In 1949 it had only 4,104 inhabitants. During the socialist era, Gyál become a garden suburb of Budapest.- External links :*...	286.54 km² (110.6 sq mi)	45,944	5
Monor	Monor Monor Monor is a town in Pest county, Hungary.- External links :*...	449.62 km² (173.6 sq mi)	110,287	15
Nagykáta	Nagykáta Nagykáta Nagykáta is a town in , Hungary, about from Budapest.-Communications:Express trains take 47 minutes to Budapest Keleti railway stationfrom Nagykáta and stopping trains about 65 minutes.-History:The history of Nagykáta dates back to the 12th century,...	711.85 km² (274.8 sq mi)	76,909	16
Pilisvörösvár	Pilisvörösvár Pilisvörösvár Pilisvörösvár is a town in Pest county, Hungary. It is twinned with Schramberg, Germany.- External links :*...	245.44 km² (94.8 sq mi)	66,702	14
Ráckeve	Ráckeve Ráckeve Ráckeve Ráckeve Ráckeve (Ráckeve (Ráckeve ([[Serbian language|Serbian: Српски Ковин) is a town on [[Csepel Island]] in [[Hungary]]. It is situated in [[]].-History:...	628.33 km² (242.6 sq mi)	141,756	20
Szentendre	Szentendre Szentendre Szentendre is a riverside town in Pest county, Hungary, near the capital city Budapest. It is known for its museums , galleries, and artists. Due to its picturesque appearance and easy rail and river access, it has become a popular destination for tourists staying in Budapest...	326.58 km² (126.1 sq mi)	77,676	13
Szob	Szob Szob Szob is a town in Pest county, Hungary. It is just South and East of the Slovak border on the North Bank of the Danube. Szob is on a major electrified rail connection from Bratislava ands a major railway border crossing into Hungary. The border is located between Szob and Štúrovo...	314.73 km² (121.5 sq mi)	12,605	13
Vác	Vác Vác Vác is a town in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spellings of the name are Vacz and Vacs.-Location:...	431.81 km² (166.7 sq mi)	70,558	19
Veresegyház	Veresegyház Veresegyház - Location :This village appeared as Vesereghatz first in Lazarus Secretariu's maps made between 1510 and 1520. The town lies in Gödöllő-Hills near the Cserhát, in the south with Mogyoród hornbeam and the Foth Somlyó csomádi high hill, in the east and north with the Margita, and is surrounded by...	159.79 km² (61.7 sq mi)	36,793	8

Demography

• Total population 2,925,500 (2009)
  • 14% aged 0–14 years
  • 69% aged 15–64 years
  • 17% aged 65 and over

Budapest

In 1987 a World Heritage Site

World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...

 was declared which includes Buda Castle

Buda Castle

Buda Castle is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, first completed in 1265. In the past, it was also called Royal Palace and Royal Castle ....

, the Danube

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

 Riverbank, the Andrássy Avenue and its historic surroundings, the Millennium Underground Railway

Line 1 (Budapest Metro)

The Metro 1 is the oldest line of the Budapest Metro system.Known in Budapest simply as "the underground" , it is the second oldest underground railway in the world , and the first on the European mainland. It was built from 1894 to 1896...

 and Heroes' Square.

Other important landmarks in Buda

Buda

For detailed information see: History of Buda CastleBuda is the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest on the west bank of the Danube. The name Buda takes its name from the name of Bleda the Hun ruler, whose name is also Buda in Hungarian.Buda comprises about one-third of Budapest's...

 are the Gellért Hill

Gellért Hill

Gellért Hill is a high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It is part of the 1st and 11th Districts. Gellért Hill was named after Saint Gerard who was thrown to death from the hill. The famous Hotel Gellért and the Gellért Baths can be found in Gellért Square at the foot of the...

 and the tomb of Gül Baba

Gül Baba (poet)

Gül Baba , also known as Cafer, was an Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet and companion of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent who took part in a number of campaigns in Europe from the reign of Mehmed II onwards....

 and Rudas Baths

Rudas Baths

Rudas Bath or Rudas fürdő is a thermal and medicinal bath in Budapest, Hungary. It was first built in 1550, during the time of Ottoman rule. To date, it retains many of the key elements of a Turkish bath, exemplified by its Turkish dome and octagonal pool. It is located at Döbrentei tér 9 on the...

 built during the Ottoman rule of Hungary

Ottoman Hungary

History of Ottoman Hungary refers to the history of parts of the Ottoman Empire situated in what today is Hungary, in the period from 1541 to 1699.-History:...

, ruins of Old Buda

Óbuda

Óbuda was a historical city in Hungary. United with Buda and Pest in 1873 it now forms part of District III-Óbuda-Békásmegyer of Budapest. The name means Old Buda in Hungarian...

, the Coliseum in Nagyszombat Street and the ruins of Aquincum

Aquincum

The ancient city of Aquincum was situated on the North-Eastern borders of the Pannonia province within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found today in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary...

. In the Buda Hills

Buda hills

The Buda Hills are a low mountain range of numerous hills which dot the Buda side of Budapest, capital of Hungary. They include Gellérthegy, Várhegy , Svábhegy, Jánoshegy, Széchenyihegy, Martonhegy and Sashegy. Most of these hills consist of nature or residential areas....

 are the Chairlift

Chairlift

An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel cable loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers, carrying a series of chairs...

, the Children's railway

Children's railway

A children's railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where teenagers learn railway professions. This phenomenon originated in the USSR and was greatly developed in Soviet times. The world's first children's railway was opened Moscow, in Gorky Park in 1932...

 and cave

Cave

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s with stalagmite

Stalagmite

A stalagmite is a type of speleothem that rises from the floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of mineralized solutions and the deposition of calcium carbonate. This stalagmite formation occurs only under certain pH conditions within the underground cavern. The corresponding formation on...

s and stalactite

Stalactite

A stalactite , "to drip", and meaning "that which drips") is a type of speleothem that hangs from the ceiling of limestone caves. It is a type of dripstone...

s.

The most important landmarks in Pest are the Hungarian Parliament Building

Hungarian Parliament Building

The Hungarian Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube, in Budapest...

, the St. Stephen's Basilica, the Inner City

Inner City (Budapest)

Inner City is part of the historic old town of Pest. Today it is a part of the 5th District of Budapest, Hungary. Budapest's main shopping street, Váci utca , is located there, as is a large part of the city's commercial life, banks and travel agencies...

 Parish Church, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest.-History:...

, the Vigadó Concert Hall

Vigadó Concert Hall

Vigadó is located on the right-hand side of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. Although the acoustics of Budapest's second largest concert hall are lacking, the building itself, designed by Frigyes Feszl in 1859 makes a bold impression along the Pest embankment...

, the Hungarian National Museum

Hungarian National Museum

- History:The Hungarian National Museum is said to have been founded in 1802 when Count Ferenc Széchényi set up the National Széchényi Library. This would then be followed a year later by the donating of a mineral collection by Széchényi’s wife. This led to the creation of the Hungarian National...

, the New York Palace

New York Palace (Budapest)

The Boscolo Budapest Hotel, formerly the New York Palace is a luxury hotel on the Grand Boulevard of Budapest's Erzsébet körút part, under Erzsébet körút 9-11, in the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary...

 on the Small Boulevard

Small Boulevard (Budapest)

Kiskörút or Small Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in Budapest. It forms an incomplete semicircle between Deák Square and Fővám Square. It is the border of the southern part of District 5 , the innermost district of Pest...

, the Dohány Street Synagogue

Dohány Street Synagogue

The Great Synagogue, also known as Dohány Street Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is located in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest. It is the third largest synagogue in Eurasia and the fifth largest in the world...

, the Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard (Budapest)

Nagykörút or Grand Boulevard is one of the most central and busiest parts of Budapest, a major thoroughfare built by 1896, Hungary's Millennium. It forms a semicircle connecting two bridges of the Danube, Margaret Bridge on the north and Petőfi Bridge on the south...

, and the Museum of Applied Arts

Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest)

The Museum of Applied Arts is a museum in Budapest, Hungary. This Art Nouveau building was built between 1893 and 1896 to the plans of Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos...

.

Other important displays are at the Museum of Fine Arts

Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)

The Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art.It was built by the plans of Albert Schickedanz and Fülöp Herzog in an eclectic-neoclassical style, between 1900 and 1906. The museum's collection is made up of international art , including all...

, the Hungarian National Gallery

Hungarian National Gallery

The Hungarian National Gallery , was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the many twentieth-century Hungarian artists who worked in Paris and other locations in the West...

, the Ethnographic Museum

Ethnographic Museum (Budapest)

The Ethnographic Museum is a national museum in Budapest, Hungary.- History :It was founded as the Ethnographic Department of the Hungarian National Museum in 1872...

, the Budapest History Museum and Statue Park.

Important landmarks are Budapest’s oldest bridges, such as the Széchenyi Chain Brdige, the Margaret Bridge

Margaret Bridge

Margit híd or Margaret Bridge is a bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the Danube. It is the second northernmost and second oldest public bridge in Budapest....

, the Liberty Bridge

Liberty Bridge (Budapest)

The Szabadság híd or Liberty Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connects Buda and Pest across the River Danube. It is the third southernmost public road bridge in Budapest, located at the southern end of the City Centre....

. The biggest parks are very popular, especially the City Park

City Park (Budapest)

Városliget is a public park in Budapest, Hungary close to the city centre. It is located in District XIV of Budapest. Its main entrance is Heroes' Square , one of Hungary's World Heritage sites.-Name:The area was formerly called Ökör-dűlő, meaning "Oxmeadow"...

 with Vajdahunyad Castle

Vajdahunyad Castle

Vajdahunyad Castle, or Vajdahunyad-vár, is a castle in City Park, Budapest, Hungary, that was built between 1896 and 1908, designed by Ignác Alpár...

, the Széchenyi thermal bath, the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden

Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden

Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden is the oldest zoo park in Hungary and one of the oldest in the world.It has 733 animal species and located within the Városliget Park....

 and the Margaret Island

Margaret Island

Margaret Island is a long island, 500 metres wide, in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, Hungary. It belongs administratively to the 13th district. The island is mostly covered by landscape parks, and is a popular recreational area. Its medieval ruins are reminders of its importance...

. Budapest is world famous for its hot spa

Spa

The term spa is associated with water treatment which is also known as balneotherapy. Spa towns or spa resorts typically offer various health treatments. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters goes back to prehistoric times. Such practices have been popular worldwide, but are...

s too.

Budapest holds many perennial events, for example Budapest Fair, Fireworks and Budapest Parade.

Places of interest in Pest}} are Gödöllő

Gödöllo

Gödöllő is a town situated in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, about northeast from the outskirts of Budapest. Its population is about 31,000 according to the 2001 census. It can be easily reached from Budapest with the suburban railway . Gödöllő is home to the Szent István...

  (Royal Castle and Arboretum

Arboretum

An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...

), Ráckeve

Ráckeve

Ráckeve Ráckeve Ráckeve (Ráckeve (Ráckeve ([[Serbian language|Serbian: Српски Ковин) is a town on [[Csepel Island]] in [[Hungary]]. It is situated in [[]].-History:...

 (Serbian

Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth in order of seniority after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia...

 cathedral and Savoya Castle), Szentendre

Szentendre

Szentendre is a riverside town in Pest county, Hungary, near the capital city Budapest. It is known for its museums , galleries, and artists. Due to its picturesque appearance and easy rail and river access, it has become a popular destination for tourists staying in Budapest...

 (Baroque

Baroque architecture

Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...

 town square, Margit Kovács

Margit Kovács

Margit Kovács was a Hungarian ceramist and sculptress.-Biography:Margit Kovács was born in Győr, Hungary on 30 November 1902. She originally wished to become a graphic artist but she grew interested in ceramics in the 1920s and went to study in Vienna with Hertha Bücher, a famous Austrian ceramic...

 Museum, Ethnographic Open Air Museum), Vác

Vác

Vác is a town in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spellings of the name are Vacz and Vacs.-Location:...

 (cathedral, triumphal arch

Triumphal arch

A triumphal arch is a monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road. In its simplest form a triumphal arch consists of two massive piers connected by an arch, crowned with a flat entablature or attic on which a statue might be...

) and Visegrád

Visegrád

Visegrád is a small castle town in Pest County, Hungary.Situated north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend, Visegrád has a population 1,654 as of 2001...

 (Visegrád Castle).

Other landmarks are the church (built in the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

) in Zsámbék

Zsámbék

Zsámbék is a town in Pest County, in Hungary.- Settings :Zsámbék is located 30 km west of Budapest along the M1 motorway in the Gerecse Mountains. Its neighbouring villages are Tök, Perbál, Páty, Herceghalom, Mány, Bicske, and Szomor.- History :...

, the Reformed church

Reformed churches

The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations characterized by Calvinist doctrines. They are descended from the Swiss Reformation inaugurated by Huldrych Zwingli but developed more coherently by Martin Bucer, Heinrich Bullinger and especially John Calvin...

 of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a realm that existed from 962 to 1806 in Central Europe.It was ruled by the Holy Roman Emperor. Its character changed during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, when the power of the emperor gradually weakened in favour of the princes...

, the church in Fót

Fót

Fót is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.-Location:Fót is about north of the edge of Budapest. The North Hungarian foothills lie to the west. The nearest settlement to the west is Dunakeszi, to the northeast are Csomád and Veresegyház, to the east is Mogyoród and Budapest...

 in the Romantic style

Romanticism

Romanticism was an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution...

, Apaj

Apaj

- Location :The village is in the neighbourhood of Kiskunság National Park and is from Budapest. Primary route 51 serves the village by road. The Budapest–Kelebiarailway line’s station, Dömsöd is next to Apaj. The River Ráckeve-Duna is from the village....

 plain, ancient juniper

Juniper

Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the...

 fields in Tatárszentgyörgy

Tatárszentgyörgy

-References:...

, equestrianism

Equestrianism

Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...

 in Pusztavacs

Pusztavacs

Pusztavacs is a village in Pest megye, Hungary, about 54 km south-east of the capital Budapest. Its population consists of 1530 inhabitants. Pusztavacs was first mentioned in records in 1274. It is notable for featuring the geographical centre of the country. To mark that centre, an 11 m high...

, Attila

Attila the Hun

Attila , more frequently referred to as Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire, which stretched from the Ural River to the Rhine River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. During his reign he was one of the most feared...

 Rise in Tápiószentmárton

Tápiószentmárton

-References:...

, the arboretum in Vácrátót

Vácrátót

Vácrátót is a village and commune in the comitatus of Pest in Hungary....

 and the bear sanctuary in Veresegyház

Veresegyház

- Location :This village appeared as Vesereghatz first in Lazarus Secretariu's maps made between 1510 and 1520. The town lies in Gödöllő-Hills near the Cserhát, in the south with Mogyoród hornbeam and the Foth Somlyó csomádi high hill, in the east and north with the Margita, and is surrounded by...

.

The Pilis Mountains

Pilis Mountains

The Pilis Mountains is a mountainous region in the Transdanubian Mountains with a beautiful landscape. Its highest peak is the Pilis with . It is a popular vacation destination in Hungary.-References:...

 offer plenty of opportunities for hiking

Hiking

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. There are also the Visegrád Hills, Ördögmalom waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

, Gödöllő National Park and Ócsa National Park.