| Tolna County | |
| Native Name: | Tolna vármegye |
| Native Name Lang: | hu |
| Settlement Type: | Counties of Hungary |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Hungary |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Transdanubia |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Szekszárd |
| Parts Type: | Districts |
| Parts: | 6 districts |
| P1: | Bonyhád District |
| P2: | Dombóvár District |
| P3: | Paks District |
| P4: | Szekszárd District |
| P5: | Tamási District |
| P6: | Tolna District |
| Leader Title: | President of the General Assembly |
| Leader Name: | Tamás Fehérvári |
| Leader Party: | Fidesz-KDNP |
| Area Total Km2: | 3703.16 |
| Area Rank: | 15th in Hungary |
| Population As Of: | 2018 |
| Population Total: | 219317[1] |
| Population Rank: | 18th in Hungary |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | GDP |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics1 Info1: | HUF 592 billion €1.900 billion (2016) |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 702x – 7252, 7352 – 7361 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code(s) |
| Area Code: | (+36) 74, 75 |
| Coordinates: | 46.5°N 53°W |
Tolna (Hungarian: Tolna vármegye, in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈtolnɒ/; German: Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in present-day Hungary as it was in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of Somogy, Fejér, Bács-Kiskun, and Baranya. The capital of Tolna county is Szekszárd. Its area is 3,703 km2.
See main article: Tolna County (former). Tolna (in Latin: comitatus Tolnensis) was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of the present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd.
See also: Demographics of Hungary. In 2015, Tolna had a population of 225,936 and the population density was .
| Year | County population[3] | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 275,644 | n/a | |
| 1960 | 272,101 | -1.29% | |
| 1970 | 258,760 | -4.90% | |
| 1980 | 266,273 | 2.90% | |
| 1990 | 253,675 | -4.73% | |
| 2001 | 249,683 | -1.57% | |
| 2011 | 230,361 | -7.74% | |
| 2015 | 225,936 | -1.95% | |
| 2018 | 219,317 | -3.01% |
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 10,000) and Roma (8,500).
Total population (2011 census): 230,361
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[4] Identified themselves: 214,953 persons:
194,685 (90,57%)
10,195 (4,74%)
8,768 (4,08%)
Approx. 32,000 persons in Tolna County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
See also: Religion in Hungary. Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[5]
| No. | style=width:175px; align="center" | English and Hungarian names | Area (km2) | Population (2011) | Density (pop./km2) | Seat | No. of municipalities |
| 1 | Bonyhád District Bonyhádi járás | 476.77 | 31,567 | 66 | Bonyhád | 25 | |
| 2 | Dombóvár District Dombóvári járás | 509.02 | 32,331 | 64 | Dombóvár | 16 | |
| 3 | Paks District Paksi járás | 836.00 | 49,433 | 59 | Paks | 15 | |
| 4 | Szekszárd District Szekszárdi járás | 656.18 | 60,122 | 92 | Szekszárd | 17 | |
| 5 | Tamási District Tamási járás | 1,019.94 | 38,705 | 38 | Tamási | 32 | |
| 6 | Tolna District Tolnai járás | 205.24 | 18,203 | 89 | Tolna (town) | 4 | |
| Tolna County | 3,703.16 | 231,183 | 64 | Szekszárd | 109 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Tolna County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:[6]
| Party | Seats | Current County Assembly | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidesz-KDNP | 8 | ||||||||||
| Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Democratic Coalition (DK) | 1 | ||||||||||
| People's Party (Néppárt) | 1 | ||||||||||
Tolna County has 1 urban county, 10 towns, 5 large villages and 93 villages.
municipalities are large villages.