Somogy County
Somogy County
Somogy vármegye | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Somogy County within Hungary | |
| Coordinates: 46°25′N 17°35′E / 46.417°N 17.583°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Southern Transdanubia |
| County seat | Kaposvár |
| Districts | |
| Government | |
| • Body | Somogy County Council |
| • President of the General Assembly | Norbert Bíró (Fidesz-KDNP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,065.07 km2 (2,341.74 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th in Hungary |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 303,802 |
| • Rank | 13th in Hungary |
| • Density | 50.0904/km2 (129.734/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | HUF 683 billion €2.195 billion (2016) |
| Postal code | 7253 – 729x, 74xx – 75xx, 7918, 7977 – 7979, 86xx – 873x, 884x – 885x |
| Area code(s) | (+36) 82, 84, 85 |
| ISO 3166 code | HU-SO |
| Website | som-onkorm |
Somogy (Hungarian: Somogy vármegye, pronounced [ˈʃomoɟ]; Croatian: Šomođska županija; Slovene: Šomodska županija, German: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.
Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica-Križevci and Virovitica-Podravina counties. It stretches between the river Dráva and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna, and Baranya. Somogy is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The county capital is Kaposvár. Its area is 6,036 km2.