Pest County

Pest County
Pest County
	County Hall in Budapest
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County seat	Budapest
	Area
• Total	6,393.14 km2 (2,468.41 sq mi)
	Population
• Total	1,213,090
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)

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Pest County (Hungarian pronunciation: [pɛʃt]) is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér and Komárom-Esztergom. The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate).

[edit] History

The present county Pest was formed after World War II, when the former county Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun was split in two parts (the other part is within present-day Bács-Kiskun). Pest County also existed in the early days of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary (11th century). Its territory comprised approximately the north-eastern part of present Pest County. It was combined with adjacent Pilis county before the 15th century. More information can be found at the entry of former Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county.

[edit] Demographics

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1870	330,089	—
1880	353,851	+7.2%
1890	395,142	+11.7%
1900	450,136	+13.9%
1910	524,320	+16.5%
1920	571,753	+9.0%
1930	633,257	+10.8%
1941	682,696	+7.8%
1949	686,953	+0.6%
1960	781,505	+13.8%
1970	878,644	+12.4%
1980	973,830	+10.8%
1990	949,842	−2.5%
2001	1,083,877	+14.1%
2009	1,213,290	+11.9%