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Growth in number of municipalities since 1950
| Year | Municipalities | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 3,334 | |
| 1970 | 3,091 | −243 |
| 1989 | 2,669 | −422 |
| 1991 | 2,834 | +165 |
| 2002 | 2,891 | +57 |
| 2020 | 2,891 | 0 |
Access to grants for individual needs of municipalities and the environmental fund
| Grants for Individual Needs of Municipalities | Environmental Fund | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | Std. E | B | Std. E | |
| Mayor from governing party | 1.48 | 0.05 | 0.87 | 0.05 |
| Independent mayor | 0.39 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.05 |
| Population (log) | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Unemployment | −0.00 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.00 |
| Share of Hungarians | −0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| New municipality | −0.03 | 0.06 | −0.17 | 0.08 |
| Abandoned municipality | −0.21 | 0.08 | −0.08 | 0.08 |
| (Intercept) | −1.39 | 0.13 | −0.57 | 0.16 |
| N | 20,567 | 14,532 | ||
| AIC | 21,725 | 17,058 | ||
Municipal splits after 1990 versus legal provisions in 2002
| New municipalities with less than 3,000 inhabitants | New municipalities with at least 3,000 inhabitants | |
|---|---|---|
| Abandoned municipalities with less than 3,000 inhabitants | 134 (57.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Abandoned municipalities with at least 3,000 inhabitants | 95 (40.8) | 4 (1.7) |
Population size of new municipalities
| Population | Number of municipalities | Percentage share |
|---|---|---|
| Below 500 | 140 | 51.1 |
| 500 – 999 | 81 | 29.6 |
| 1,000 – 1,999 | 42 | 15.3 |
| 2,000 – 4,999 | 10 | 3.6 |
| 5,000 and above | 1 | 0.4 |
Per capita expenditure of new and abandoned municipalities
| Ratio new / abandoned | Number of municipalities | Percentage share |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 0.49 | 53 | 23.7 |
| 0.50 – 0.75 | 46 | 20.5 |
| 0.76 – 1.00 | 43 | 19.2 |
| 1.01 – 1.24 | 26 | 11.6 |
| 1.25 – 1.49 | 29 | 12.9 |
| 1.50 – 1.99 | 15 | 6.7 |
| 2.00 and more | 12 | 5.3 |