Panelház (Short: panel) is a Hungarian term for a type of concrete block of flats (panel buildings), built in the People´s Republic of Hungary and other Eastern Bloc countries.
It was the main urban housing type in the Socialist-era, which still dominates the Hungarian cityscape.
According to the 2011 census, there were 829,177 panel apartments in Hungary (18.9% of the dwellings) that were home to 1,741,577 people (17.5% of the total population). Panelház are not the only type of block of flats in Hungary; as of 2014, 31.6% of Hungarians lived in flats (according to data from Eurostat).
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