Letenye (Hungarian: Letenyei járás) is a district in south-western part of Zala County. Letenye is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Letenye District
Letenyei járás | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Letenye District within Hungary and Zala County. | |
| Coordinates: 46°26′N 16°44′E / 46.43°N 16.73°E | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Zala |
| District seat | Letenye |
| Area | |
• Total | 388.69 km2 (150.07 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th in Zala |
| Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 16,410 |
| • Rank | 5th in Zala |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Geography
editLetenye District borders with Lenti District to the northwest, Zalaegerszeg District to the north, Nagykanizsa District to the east, the Croatian county of Međimurje and Slovenia to the southwest. The number of inhabited places in Letenye District is 27. The seat of the Letenye district was Letenye since the first designation of the permanent district seats (1886).
Municipalities
editThe district has 1 town and 26 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]
- Bánokszentgyörgy (650)
- Bázakerettye (861)
- Becsehely (2,080)
- Borsfa (736)
- Bucsuta (227)
- Csörnyeföld (420)
- Kerkaszentkirály (228)
- Kiscsehi (170)
- Kistolmács (181)
- Lasztonya (86)
- Letenye (4,202) – district seat
- Lispeszentadorján (289)
- Maróc (76)
- Molnári (718)
- Murarátka (245)
- Muraszemenye (626)
- Oltárc (283)
- Petrivente (362)
- Pusztamagyaród (576)
- Semjénháza (601)
- Szentliszló (281)
- Szentmargitfalva (85)
- Tótszentmárton (840)
- Tótszerdahely (1,096)
- Valkonya (55)
- Várfölde (191)
- Zajk (248)
The bolded municipality is city.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve". ksh.hu. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
External links
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