Zala County

administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Hungary

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Zala County is an administrative region in Hungary that serves as one of the country's local government divisions. Like other Hungarian counties, it functions as a territorial unit for organizing public administration and services at the regional level.

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Official name: Zala megye
Population: 260800
Area: 3783.89
Official website: www.zala.hu
Image: Genehegyi kilátás.jpg

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Commons category: Zala County
inception: 1950-03-16

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Zala (Hungarian: Zala vármegye, pronounced [ˈzɒlɒ]; Croatian: Zalska županija; županija Zala) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia (Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava and Moravske Toplice) and the Hungarian counties Vas, Veszprém and Somogy. The seat of Zala County is Zalaegerszeg. Its area is 3,784 square kilometres (1,461 sq mi). Lake Balaton lies partly in the county.

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