Protected areas of Hungary
Protected areas of Hungary includes 10 national parks, 35 landscape protection areas and 145 minor nature reserves. The national policy for governing and management of the protected areas is implemented by the Minister of Agriculture (State Secretary for the Environment). The first national park in Hungary at the Great Hungarian Plain is Hortobágy National Park, established in 1973.
Types of protected areas:
- National Park (Hungarian: Nemzeti park; abbr. NP)
- Protected Landscape Area (Hungarian: Tájvédelmi körzet; abbr. TK)
- National Nature Reserve or nature conservation area (Hungarian: Természetvédelmi terület; abbr. TT)
National Parks
Location of the National Parks of Hungary
There are 10 national parks in Hungary (IUCN Category II) as of 2014.
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Hortobágy NP
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Kiskunság NP
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Bükk NP
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Aggtelek NP
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Fertő-Hanság NP
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Danube-Drava NP
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Körös-Maros NP
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Balaton Uplands NP
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Danube-Ipoly NP
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Őrség NP
Protected Landscape Area
Hungary has 35 Landscape Protection Areas in Hungary (IUCN Category V) as of 2014.
Name
|
Area (ha)
|
Established
|
City/Municipality
|
National Park
|
Tokaj-Bodrogzug |
4,242 |
1986 |
Tokaj |
Aggtelek
|
Zemplén |
26,496 |
1984 |
Gönc, Hollóháza
|
High Bakony |
8,753 |
1991 |
Bakonybél, Zirc |
Balaton Uplands
|
Mura area |
1,904 |
2007 |
Letenye
|
Somló Hill |
585 |
1983 |
Somlószőlős
|
Borsodi Mezőség |
17,932 |
1989 |
Mezőkövesd |
Bükk
|
Heves steppes |
15,805 |
1993 |
Poroszló, Füzesabony
|
Hollókő |
150 |
1977 |
Hollókő
|
Karancs-Medves |
6,619 |
1989 |
Salgótarján
|
East Cserhát |
7,425 |
1989 |
Pásztó
|
Kesznyéten |
6,084 |
1990 |
Kesznyéten
|
Lázbérc |
4,054 |
1975 |
Lázbérc
|
Mátra |
12 179 |
1985 |
Parád, Gyöngyös
|
Tarna area |
9,570 |
1993 |
Pétervására
|
Boronka |
8,232 |
1989 |
Marcali |
Danube-Drava
|
South Mezőföld |
7,547 |
1999 |
Cece
|
East Mecsek |
9,348 |
1977 |
Bonyhád, Pécsvárad
|
West Mecsek |
10,316 |
2009 |
Abaliget, Pécs
|
Zselic |
8,337 |
1976 |
Kaposvár
|
Buda |
10,528 |
1978 |
Pilisszentiván |
Danube-Ipoly
|
Gerecse |
8,739 |
1977 |
Tata
|
Gödöllő Hills |
11,801 |
1990 |
Gödöllő
|
Ócsa |
3,575 |
1975 |
Ócsa
|
Sárrét |
2,211 |
1986 |
Csór, Székesfehérvár
|
Sárvíz (Sió) Valley |
3,650 |
1997 |
Soponya, Székesfehérvár
|
Tápió-Hajta region |
4,515 |
1998 |
Nagykáta, Farmos
|
Vértes |
15,000 |
1976 |
Csákvár, Székesfehérvár
|
Pannonhalma |
8,272 |
1992 |
Pannonhalma |
Fertő-Hanság
|
Sopron |
4,891 |
1977 |
Sopron, Ágfalva, Harka
|
Szigetköz |
9,157 |
1987 |
Lipót, Mosonmagyaróvár
|
Bihar plane |
17,095 |
1998 |
Berettyóújfalu, Komádi |
Hortobágy
|
Hajdúság |
7,000 |
1988 |
Vámospércs, Debrecen
|
Upper Tisza |
9,294 |
1978 |
Nagykörű, Szolnok, Tiszaug
|
Szatmár-Bereg plane |
22,931 |
1982 |
Füzesgyarmat, Tarpa
|
Mártély |
17,095 |
1971 |
Mártély, Hódmezővásárhely |
Kiskunság
|
Pusztaszer |
22,151 |
1976 |
Ópusztaszer, Sándorfalva
|
Kőszeg |
4,200 |
1980 |
Kőszeg |
Őrség
|
Ság Hill |
235 |
1975 |
Celldömölk
|
National Nature Reserve
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