Place:Pest, Hungary

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NamePest
TypeCounty
Coordinates47.417°N 19.333°E
Located inHungary
See alsoFejér, HungaryParent
Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kis-Kun, HungaryParent
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Abony
Acsa
Albertirsa
Alsónémedi
Aszód
Budakalász
Budakeszi
Budaörs
Cegléd
Csobánka
Csomád
Csömör
Dabas
Diósd
Dunaharaszti
Dunakeszi
Dány
Dömös ( 500 - )
Ecser
Fót
Gyál
Göd
Gödöllő
Kerepes
Kistarcsa
Maglód
Mogyoród
Monor
Nagykáta
Nagykőrös
Nagymaros
Nagyoroszi
Nagytarcsa
Pilisborosjenő
Pomáz
Pécel
Ráckeve
Solymár
Szada
Szentendre
Szigethalom
Szigetszentmiklós
Szob
Százhalombatta
Taksony
Tésa
Tököl
Vecsés
Veresegyház
Visegrád ( 900 - )
Vác
Zebegény
Érd
Üllő
Üröm
Island
Csepel Island
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Pest is a county (megye) in central Hungary. It covers an area of , and has a population of 1,213,090 (2009). 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 , , , , , and . The River Danube flows through the county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest (administratively separate), but it is planned to completely separate the capital from the county at least until 2020, as it loses catch-up aids from the European Union because of the high development of Budapest.

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