Zalaegerszeg District | |
Native Name: | Zalaegerszegi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Zalaegerszeg Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Zala |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Zalaegerszeg |
Area Total Km2: | 1,044.70 |
Area Rank: | 1st in Zala |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 102,798 |
Population Rank: | 1st in Zala |
Population Density Km2: | 98 |
Zalaegerszeg (hu|Zalaegerszegi járás) is a district in northern part of Zala County. Zalaegerszeg is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Zalaegerszeg District borders with Vasvár District (Vas County) to the north, Zalaszentgrót District to the northeast, Keszthely District to the east, Nagykanizsa District and Letenye District to the south, Lenti District to the west, Körmend District (Vas County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Zalaegerszeg District is 84.
The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns and 81 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.