Hegyhát District

Hegyhát District Hegyháti járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Hegyhát District within Hungary and Baranya County.
Coordinates: 46.25°N 18.10°E / 46.25; 18.10
Country	Hungary
County	Baranya
District seat	Sásd
Area
• Total	360.72 km2 (139.27 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Baranya
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	12,744
• Rank	8th in Baranya
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)

Hegyhát (Hungarian: Hegyháti járás) is a district in northern part of Baranya County, Hungary. The district is located in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region. It is the only district in Hungarian countryside, which is not named after its district seat.

Geography

Hegyhát District borders with Dombóvár District and Tamási District (Tolna County) to the north, Bonyhád District (Tolna County) to the east, Komló District to the southeast, Pécs District and Szentlőrinc District to the south, Szigetvár District to the southwest, Kaposvár District (Somogy County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Hegyhát District is 25.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 23 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

• Alsómocsolád (329)
• Ág (179)
• Bakóca (275)
• Baranyajenő (489)
• Baranyaszentgyörgy (121)
• Felsőegerszeg (135)
• Gerényes (256)
• Gödre (831)
• Kisbeszterce (78)
• Kishajmás (204)
• Kisvaszar (332)
• Mágocs (2,388)
• Mekényes (267)
• Meződ (124)
• Mindszentgodisa (870)
• Nagyhajmás (340)
• Palé (106)
• Sásd (3,282) – district seat
• Szágy (152)
• Tarrós (123)
• Tékes (230)
• Tormás (284)
• Varga (94)
• Vásárosdombó (1,090)
• Vázsnok (124)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Hegyhát District