Pest County

Pest county is in Central Hungary. It surrounds the national capital Budapest, but does not include it. About 2/3 of the county's population of 1.3 million (2018) live in the suburbs of Budapest.

Eastern part
Dunakeszi, Vác, Szentendre, Pomáz, Pilisvörösvár, Nagymaros, Verőce, Szob and Visegrád are described in the Danube Bend article.

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 * — 50 km from Budapest, it has a Reform church, Millennium Park and Upper Kiskunsag. The plain is part of the Kiskunsag National Park.
 * — 30 km by bus from Cegléd. It is an agricultural village dating from 1324 where you can go horse riding in the spacious park surrounding the Wekerle Estate to enjoy the beautiful Hungarian countryside.
 * — a village close to Ráckeve with the Petőfi Sándor Memorial Museum and Vecsési - Bazsonyi Gallery, dedicated to the great Hungarian poet and works of local painters.
 * — 18 km northeast of the limit of Budapest in Pest county, take the HÉV suburban train from Örs Vezér tér. Hungaroring, a motor-racing circuit in Mogyoród where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. Aquarena, the largest waterpark in Hungary.
 * — an example of Hungarian 18th-century gentry-class architecture.
 * — 54 km south-east of Budapest. Known for equestrianism.
 * — ancient juniper fields.
 * — Sight of a bear sanctuary. Its Roman Catholic church was built in 1777, and the Roman Catholic cemetery in 1806 and 1849. Its Reformed Church was built in 1786.

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The Ócsa Land Protected Area is home to over 200 bird species, and has organised tours.

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