Várpalota District | |
Native Name: | Várpalotai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Várpalota.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Veszprém |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Várpalota |
Area Total Km2: | 294.28 |
Area Rank: | 9th in Veszprém |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 37,882 |
Population Rank: | 4th in Veszprém |
Population Density Km2: | 129 |
Várpalota (Hungarian: Várpalotai járás) is a district in eastern part of Veszprém County. Várpalota is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Várpalota District borders with Mór District (Fejér County) to the northeast, Székesfehérvár District (Fejér County) to the east, Balatonalmádi District to the south, Veszprém District to the west, Zirc District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Várpalota District is 8.
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.