Tolna County

Tolna (Tolna vármegye, ˈtolnɒ; Komitat Tolnau) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in present Hungary as it was of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Fejér, Bács-Kiskun, and Baranya. The capital of Tolna county is Szekszárd. Its area is 3703 km2. Tolna County (former) Tolna (in Latin: comitatus Tolnensis) was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was about the same as that of present Tolna county, is now in central Hungary. The capital of the county was Szekszárd. Demographics of Hungary In 2015, it had a population of 225,936 and the population density was . Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 10,000) and Roma (8,500). Total population (2011 census): 230,361 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 214 953 persons: Hungarians: 194 685 (90,57%) Germans: 10 195 (4,74%) Roma: 8 768 (4,08%) Others and indefinable: 1 305 (0,61%) Approx. 32,000 persons in Tolna County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census. Religion in Hungary Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census: Catholic – 108,755 (Roman Catholic – 108,392; Greek Catholic – 331) Reformed – 18,533; Evangelical – 6,800; Other religions – 2,734; Non-religious – 35,803; Atheism – 2,194; Undeclared – 55,542. The Tolna County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition: Tolna County has 1 urban county, 10 towns, 5 large villages and 93 villages.