Budapest metropolitan area
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The Budapest Metropolitan Area (Hungarian: Budapesti agglomeráció) is a metropolitan area in Central Hungary. It consists of Budapest capital and the surrounding suburbs. It has a population of 2.525 million (2010). The real periphery of Budapest, named Budapest Commuter Area (established by the government[1] in 2005[2]) encompasses 193 settlements around the city, most of them are in Pest County while some are Budapest-surrounding cities generating huge commuter traffic with the capital. The total size of the area is 7,626 km2 (2,944 sq mi) with about 3.3 million inhabitants (one-third of Hungary's total population). Budapest itself stretches over 525 km2 (203 sq mi) and has a population c. 1.72 million.
[edit] Sectors
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| Sector name |
Population |
Area |
Population density |
| Budapest |
1,733,685 (2011) |
525.16 km² |
3,301.3/km² |
| Northwestern Sector |
129,498 (2007) |
471.88 km² |
274.4/km² |
| Western Sector |
87,089 (2007) |
303.56 km² |
286.9/km² |
| Southern Sector |
198,955 (2007) |
366.17 km² |
543.3/km² |
| Southeastern Sector |
99,044 (2007) |
317.28 km² |
312.2/km² |
| Eastern Sector |
120,633 (2007) |
315.84 km² |
382/km² |
| Northern Sector |
119,621 (2007) |
238.23 km² |
502.1/km² |
[edit] Traffic
There are 3 subway lines, 36 tram lines, 18 suburban railway lines (operated by MÁV-Hungarian State Railways and BKV-Public Transport Company of Budapest also) and 601 bus lines in the metropolitan area (2006).
[edit] Settlements of the Budapest metropolitan area
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[edit] Historical population
| Historical populations |
| Year |
Pop. |
±% |
| 1870 |
418,490 |
— |
| 1880 |
530,556 |
+26.8% |
| 1890 |
703,004 |
+32.5% |
| 1900 |
1,027,626 |
+46.2% |
| 1910 |
1,315,183 |
+28.0% |
| 1920 |
1,459,449 |
+11.0% |
| 1930 |
1,712,596 |
+17.3% |
| 1941 |
2,025,402 |
+18.3% |
| 1949 |
1,897,882 |
−6.3% |
| 1960 |
2,184,255 |
+15.1% |
| 1970 |
2,480,325 |
+13.6% |
| 1980 |
2,626,702 |
+5.9% |
| 1990 |
2,579,440 |
−1.8% |
| 2001 |
2,454,150 |
−4.9% |
| 2005 |
2,421,831 |
−1.3% |
| 2011 |
2,551,247 |
+5.3% |
[edit] References, notes
Budapest Transport Association (publication), BKSZ Kht., Budapest, 2010
