The degree of urbanization, the development differences of urban and rural regions depends on several factors, like accessibility – distance from the centre or employment rate and oppurtunities.

If we analyse the changes of percentage of non-residential addresses and it’s spatial distribution we can see some trens and characteristics.

Number of non-residential addresses by settlement

Percentage of non-residential addresses in Hungary

The main areas of high percentage of non-residential addresses are: Lake Balaton, Somogy county, West-Pannon regio,  Zemplén and Cserehát.

The percentage of non-residential addresses compared with all number of valid addresses in Hungary was 30% .

Type and dispersion of non-residential addresses

There are fore different type of areas or settlements with high percentage of non-residential addresses in Hungary.

Type of non-residential addresses in Hungary

Dead-end villages

(green markers on the map)

Small, low populated settlement with elderly peoples, far from all main cities. In these villages the migration and natural decrease are high.

Holiday villages

(yellow or orange markers on the map)

If a small village has touristic potential as lake or thermal water, or natural heritage it can become an holiday village powered by rural tourism. We can see areas like this on north side of Lake Balaton, in Őrség near the Austrian border and Aggtelek region. The force of these settlement are the ecotourism and the possibility of organic farming.

The special type of holiday villages is those dead-end villages, which could became holiday village.

Holiday settlements

(red markers on the map)

Settlements withe high percentage of seasonal residential addresses. These settlement have good road network, aren’t far from the urban areas, and have natural heritage, or turistical potential. These areas are located at big lakes of Hungary like the Lake Balaton, Velencei-tó, Danube-band, and Tisza-tó.