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Zalaegerszeg
Zala County · Hungary
City population
61,898
#16
in Hungary
#1
in Zala County
#9,306
worldwide
46.837, 16.844 · 182 km from Budapest
About Zalaegerszeg
Zalaegerszeg is a city in Zala County, Hungary with a population of 61,898. It is the 16th largest of the 89 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Hungary, and the 9,306th largest worldwide. It lies 182 km from Budapest.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Zala County
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
167 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Budapest
Coordinates
46.837, 16.844
Record updated
2026-01-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 89 in HungaryClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.