Pest County

Pest County Pest vármegye
County
Clockwise, from top: the Börzsöny Mountain in Nagybörzsöny village, landscape of Kemence, and landscape of Vác
Flag Coat of arms
Pest County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
County seat	Budapest
Districts	18 districts Aszód District Budakeszi District Cegléd District Dabas District Dunakeszi District Érd District Gödöllő District Gyál District Monor District Nagykáta District Nagykőrös District Pilisvörösvár District Ráckeve District Szentendre District Szigetszentmiklós District Szob District Vác District Vecsés District
Government
• President of the General Assembly	István Szabó (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	6,393.14 km2 (2,468.41 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd in Hungary
Population  (2023)
• Total	1,339,000
• Rank	1st in Hungary
• Density	191.8/km2 (497/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	HUF 3,607 billion €11.586 billion (2016)
Postal code	20xx – 23xx, 2440, 2461, 260x – 263x, 2680 – 2683, 27xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 53
ISO 3166 code	HU-PE
Website	www.pestmegye.hu

Pest (Hungarian: Pest vármegye, pronounced [ˈpɛʃt]; German: Komitat Pest) is a county (vármegye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,339,090 (2023). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bács-Kiskun, Fejér, and Komárom-Esztergom. The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest, although Budapest is not part of Pest County. Starting 2018, they also constitute different NUTS:HU level 2 regions, as previously Pest County has lost catch-up aids from the European Union because of the high development of Budapest.