Keszthely District

Keszthely (Hungarian: Keszthelyi járás) is a district in eastern part of Zala County. Keszthely is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Keszthely District Keszthelyi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Keszthely District within Hungary and Zala County.
Coordinates: 46.77°N 17.25°E / 46.77; 17.25
Country	Hungary
County	Zala
District seat	Keszthely
Area
• Total	535.93 km2 (206.92 sq mi)
• Rank	4th in Zala
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	49,421
• Rank	3rd in Zala
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)

Geography

Keszthely District borders with Zalaszentgrót District and Sümeg District (Veszprém County) to the north, Tapolca District (Veszprém County) to the east, Marcali District (Somogy County) and Nagykanizsa District to the south, Zalaegerszeg District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Keszthely District is 30.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 26 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)^[1]

• Alsópáhok (1,360)
• Balatongyörök (1,021)
• Bókaháza (286)
• Cserszegtomaj (2,792)
• Dióskál (474)
• Egeraracsa (310)
• Esztergályhorváti (454)
• Felsőpáhok (635)
• Gétye (117)
• Gyenesdiás (3,568)
• Hévíz (4,663)
• Karmacs (822)
• Keszthely (20,382) – district seat
• Ligetfalva (56)
• Nemesbük (681)
• Rezi (1,184)
• Sármellék (1,829)
• Szentgyörgyvár (298)
• Vállus (135)
• Várvölgy (1,041)
• Vindornyafok (123)
• Vindornyalak (81)
• Vindornyaszőlős (327)
• Vonyarcvashegy (2,178)
• Zalaapáti (1,654)
• Zalacsány (970)
• Zalaköveskút (27)
• Zalaszántó (965)
• Zalaszentmárton (65)
• Zalavár (886)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary