Somogy (Hungarian: Somogy vármegye, pronounced [ˈʃomoɟ]; Croatian: Šomođska županija; Slovene: Šomodska županija, German: Komitat Schomodei) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.

Somogy County lies in south-western Hungary, on the border with Croatia's Koprivnica-Križevci and Virovitica-Podravina counties. It stretches between the river Dráva and the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of Zala, Veszprém, Fejér, Tolna, and Baranya. Somogy is the most sparsely populated county in Hungary. The county capital is Kaposvár. Its area is 6,036 km.

Somogy was also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was slightly larger than that of present Somogy County, is now in south-western Hungary. The capital of that county was also Kaposvár.

In 2015, it had a population of 312,084 and the population density was 52/km.

Year	County population	Change
1949	361,213	n/a
1960	368,183 (record)	1.93%
1970	357,009	-3.03%
1980	360,270	0.91%
1990	344,708	-4.32%
2001	335,237	-2.75%
2011	316,137	-5.70%
2015	312,084	-1.29%
2018	303,802	-2.72%

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 16,000), Germans (3,000) and Croats (1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 316,137
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 287,692 persons:

• Hungarians: 265,464 (92,27%)
• Romani: 16,167 (5,62%)
• Germans: 3,039 (1,06%)
• Others and indefinable: 3,022 (1,05%)

Approx. 46,000 persons in Somogy County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 168,307 (Roman Catholic – 167,719; Greek Catholic – 546);
• Reformed – 21,176;
• Evangelical – 5,807;
• other religions – 3,829;
• Non-religious – 35,503;
• Atheism – 3,056;
• Undeclared – 78,459.

No.	English and Hungarian names	Area (km)	Population (2011)	Density (pop./km)	Seat	No. of municipalities
1	Barcs District Barcsi járás	696.47	23,793	34	Barcs	26
2	Csurgó District Csurgói járás	496.19	16,862	34	Csurgó	18
3	Fonyód District Fonyódi járás	645.44	33,785	52	Fonyód	21
4	Kaposvár District Kaposvári járás	1,591.36	118,496	74	Kaposvár	78
5	Marcali District Marcali járás	904.24	34,472	38	Marcali	37
6	Nagyatád District Nagyatádi járás	647.07	26,003	40	Nagyatád	18
7	Siófok District Siófoki járás	657.05	51,099	78	Siófok	24
8	Tab District Tabi járás	427.24	12,797	30	Tab	24
Somogy County		6,065.07	312,084	52	Kaposvár	245

The Somogy County Council, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:

	Party	Seats	Current County Assembly
	Fidesz-KDNP	9
	Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik)	3
	Association for Somogy (Somogyért)	2
	Momentum Movement (MM)	1
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	1

List of presidents since 1990
István Gyenesei (Independent)	1990–1994
István Kolber (MSZP)	1994–1998
István Gyenesei (Somogyért)	1998–2006
Attila Gelencsér (Fidesz-KDNP)	2006–2014
Norbert Bíró (Fidesz-KDNP)	2014–

Somogy County has 1 urban county, 15 towns, 2 large villages and 227 villages.

City with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

• Kaposvár (66,245) – county seat

Towns

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

• List of tourist attractions in Somogy County
• Slovenes in Somogy

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  Kaposvár, the capital of the county
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  Siófok, the Capital of Balaton
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  Lake Balaton near Balatonföldvár
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  Kőröshegy Viaduct in Kőröshegy
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  House of József Rippl-Rónai
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  Traditional Hungarian house in Istvándi
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  Pusztatemplom of the Árpád era near Somogyvámos
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  Lake Balaton at Balatonvilágos

Somogy County has a partnership relationship with:

Gansu Municipality, China

• Official site in Hungarian
• Somogyi Hírlap (sonline.hu) - The county portal
• Hungary at GeoHive