Fejér County

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Fejér County is a county in central Hungary. It sits on the west bank of the Danube and is near Lake Balaton. It borders the counties of Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest, Bács-Kiskun, Tolna and Somogy. The capital and biggest town is Székesfehérvár.

Geography and places of interest: The landscape is varied—its southern part is flat like the Great Hungarian Plain, while other areas have hills such as the Bakony, Vértes and Gerecse ranges. Lake Velence in Fejér is a popular resort area.

History in brief: People have lived in the region for about 2,000 years. In Roman times it was part of Pannonia, with towns like Gorsium near today’s Székesfehérvár and Intercisa near Dunaújváros. After Huns and Avars, Hungarians settled here in the late 9th century. Székesfehérvár (Fehérvár) became important as the seat of princes Géza and later kings, who were crowned and buried there until the 16th century. The area was occupied by the Ottomans from 1543 to 1688. After a reorganization in 1692, Székesfehérvár regained town status in 1703.

Today: Fejér covers about 4,358 square kilometers and has around 416,000 residents (density ~96 people per square kilometer). The county is divided into eight districts: Bicske, Dunaújváros, Enying, Gárdony, Martonvásár, Mór, Sárbogárd and Székesfehérvár. It includes many towns and villages with a Hungarian majority and minority communities such as Roma and Germans.