Barcs District Explained

Barcs District
Native Name:Barcsi járás
Native Name Lang:hu
Settlement Type:Districts of Hungary
Image Blank Emblem:HUN Barcs Címer.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southern Transdanubia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Somogy
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Barcs
Area Total Km2:696.47
Area Rank:3rd in Somogy
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:23,793
Population Rank:6th in Somogy
Population Density Km2:34

Barcs (Hungarian: Barcsi járás) is a district in southern part of Somogy County. Barcs is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district is in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Geography

Barcs District borders with Csurgó District, Nagyatád District and Kaposvár District to the north, Szigetvár District and Sellye District (Baranya County) to the east, the Croatian counties of Virovitica-Podravina and Koprivnica-Križevci to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Barcs District is 26.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 25 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipality is city.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve. ksh.hu. 2017-12-26.