Sellye District Explained

Sellye District
Native Name:Sellyei járás
Native Name Lang:hu
Settlement Type:Districts of Hungary
Image Blank Emblem:HUN Sellye Címer.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Baranya
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Sellye
Area Total Km2:493.69
Area Rank:5th in Baranya
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:14,192
Population Rank:7th in Baranya
Population Density Km2:29

Sellye (Hungarian: Sellyei járás) is a district in south-western part of Baranya County, Hungary. Sellye is also the name of the town that is the location of the district seat. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Geography

Sellye District borders with Szigetvár District and Szentlőrinc District to the north, Pécs District and Siklós District to the east, the Croatian counties of Virovitica-Podravina and Osijek-Baranja to the south, Barcs District (Somogy County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Sellye District is 38.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 36 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2012.xls A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve