Hegyhát District | |
Native Name: | Hegyháti járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Sásd.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Baranya |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Sásd |
Area Total Km2: | 360.72 |
Area Rank: | 6th in Baranya |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 12,744 |
Population Rank: | 8th in Baranya |
Population Density Km2: | 35 |
Hegyhát (Hungarian: Hegyháti járás) is a district in northern part of Baranya County, Hungary. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. It is the only district in Hungarian countryside, which is not named after its district seat.
Hegyhát District borders with Dombóvár District and Tamási District (Tolna County) to the north, Bonyhád District (Tolna County) to the east, Komló District to the southeast, Pécs District and Szentlőrinc District to the south, Szigetvár District to the southwest, Kaposvár District (Somogy County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Hegyhát District is 25.
The district has 2 towns and 23 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.