Somogy (, ; ; , ) 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-Krià ¾evci 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<sup>2</sup>.
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<sup>2</sup>.
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<br /> Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 287,692 persons:
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
The Somogy County Council, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:
Somogy County has 1 urban county, 15 towns, 2 large villages and 227 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)
municipalities are large villages.
Somogy County has a partnership relationship with: