The development of strategic spatial planning in Central and Eastern Europe: between path dependence, European influence, and domestic politics

Figures & data

Table 1. Local level of government in the countries under investigation.

Country	Number of municipalities	Surface in km^2			Population
		Max.	Average	Min.	Max.	Average	Min
Czech Republic	6249	496.00	12.6	0.42	1,181,610	1641	19
Hungary	3152	525.16	29.51*	1.54	1,697,343	3229*	14
Poland	2478	517.22	130	3.32	1,720,398	16,000	1361

Note: Czech Republic data is from 2007, Poland data is from 2010.

Source: Adapted from Swianiewicz, ‘Size of Local Government,’ Statistical offices of Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, where this data can be found in the websites www.czso.cz and www.stat.gov.pl.

* If Budapest is included as one municipality.

Figure 1. The boundaries of NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 levels in the countries studied. Source: Elaborated by the Authors on the basis of NUTS classification maps from EUROSTAT

Figure 2. The critical junctures and pathways of territorial administration reforms and implementation of the SF in Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary. Source: Authors.