Csorna ( hu, Csornai járás) is a district in central part of
Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Győr-Moson-Sopron ( hu, Győr-Moson-Sopron megye, ; german: Komitat Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg; sk, Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or '' megye'') in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia ( ...
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Csorna
Csorna is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary. Csorna is located near the Fertő-Hanság National Park. There are two districts in the town: the Földsziget and the Csatárimajor.
Etymology
The name comes from Slavic ''*Cherna/Chorna'' ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Csorna District borders with
Mosonmagyaróvár District
Mosonmagyaróvár ( hu, Mosonmagyaróvári járás) is a district in northern part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. Mosonmagyaróvár is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia ...
to the north,
Győr District and
Tét District to the east,
Pápa District
Pápa ( hu, Pápai járás) is a district in north-western part of Veszprém County. ''Pápa'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia, Central Transdanubia Statistical Regi ...
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Veszprém County
Veszprém ( hu, Veszprém megye, ; german: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (''megye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.
Veszprém county
Veszprém county lies in western ...
)'' to the south,
Kapuvár District
Kapuvár ( hu, Kapuvári járás) is a district in central-western part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. ''Kapuvár'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Regio ...
to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csorna District is 33.
Municipalities
The district has 1
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
, 2 large villages and 30 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
The bolded municipality is city, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 32,970 and the
population density
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was 57/km².
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 350) and German (300).
Total population (2011 census): 32,970
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 30,102 persons:
*
Hungarians
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: 29,205 (97.02%)
*
Gypsies
The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...
: 373 (1.24%)
*Others and indefinable: 524 (1.74%)
Approx. 3,000 persons in Csorna District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
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*Catholic – 22,705 (
Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 22,664;
Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually.
The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...
– 34);
*
Evangelical
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– 1,987;
*
Reformed
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Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
– 388;
*other religions – 172;
*
Non-religious
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– 1,170;
*
Atheism
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– 153;
*''Undeclared'' – 6,395.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Csorna District
Districts in Győr-Moson-Sopron County
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