Letenye District Explained

Letenye District
Native Name:Letenyei járás
Native Name Lang:hu
Settlement Type:Districts of Hungary
Image Blank Emblem:HUN Letenye Címer.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Zala
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Letenye
Area Total Km2:388.69
Area Rank:5th in Zala
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:16,410
Population Rank:5th in Zala
Population Density Km2:42

Letenye (Hungarian: Letenyei járás) is a district in south-western part of Zala County. Letenye is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Geography

Letenye District borders with Lenti District to the northwest, Zalaegerszeg District to the north, Nagykanizsa District to the east, the Croatian county of Međimurje and Slovenia to the southwest. The number of inhabited places in Letenye District is 27.The seat of the Letenye district was Letenye since the first designation of the permanent district seats (1886).

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 26 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. 2017-10-27.