Which is the second largest Hungarian city? You will be surprised by the answer, a lot of people know the answer badly
Here we show which Hungarian cities are competing for the second largest title in the capital, in terms of area and population.
The geographical question that often returns in Internet forums is which is the second largest Hungarian city, ie the Hungarian city that is the largest Hungarian settlement after Budapest. Many people vacate between Debrecen, Miskolc and Szeged in general.
The question is, what exactly do we mean in this case, the area of the settlement or the population? In one case, we may be quite surprised.
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In terms of population, it should come as no surprise, as the second most populous Hungarian city after Budapest, with a population of 1.7 million, Debrecen, where, according to 2019 statistics, 201,000 people live. The city of Hajdúság is followed by Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr, with 160, 154, 142 and 132 thousand inhabitants.
Kecskemét and Nyíregyháza still boast a population of over one hundred thousand.
If, on the other hand examined territorially Ask a question, a slightly different result comes out, because after Budapest the second largest Hungarian city in terms of area is Hódmezővásárhely, followed by Debrecen and Hajdúböszörmény.
Returning to the ranking according to the resident population, however, Debrecen was not always in second place, here is a brilliant video that shows how the top ranking changed from 1870:
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