Hungarian Populated Places and Settlements from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Hungary includes named cities, towns, villages, and residential land areas. The dataset is an export by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Demographic context analysis based on named settlements and residential land areas.
• Settlement-level targeting for projects or services using the place and landuse tags.
• Population distribution studies based on the spatial coverage of residential areas.

Strengths

• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborative mapping; exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14.

Geography

Hungary