Győr () is a district in eastern part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. ''

Győr Győr ( , ; ; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia region, and – halfwa ...

'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Geography

Győr District borders with

Mosonmagyaróvár District Mosonmagyaróvár () 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 Statistical Region. Geograp ...

, the

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n regions of

Nitra Region The Nitra Region (, ; ) is one of the administrative regions of Slovakia. It was first established in 1923 and from 1996 exists in its present borders. It consists of seven districts () and 354 municipalities, from which 16 have a town status. T ...

and

Trnava Region The Trnava Region (, ; ; ) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions. It was established in 1996, before which date, most of its districts were parts of Bratislava Region which was established on the founding of Czechoslovakia in 1923. ...

to the north, Komárom District and Kisbér District ''(

Komárom-Esztergom County Komárom-Esztergom (, ; ; ) is an administrative Hungarian county in Central Transdanubia Region; its shares its northern border the Danube with Slovakia. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties of , , and and the Slovakian Nitra Regio ...

)'' to the east, Pannonhalma District and

Pápa District Pápa () 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 Statistical Region. Geography Pápa District borders ...

''(

Veszprém County Veszprém (, ; ) is an administrative county (''vármegye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county. Veszprém county Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the norther ...

)'' to the south,

Tét District Tét () is a district in southern part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. ''Tét'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography ...

and

Csorna District Csorna () is a district in central part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. ''Csorna'' 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 Distric ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Győr District is 35.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county and 34 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 190,146 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

was 210/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 2,800), Roma (1,300), Romanian (350), Slovak (300), Croat (200), Russian (150), Bulgarian and Polish (100). Total population (2011 census): 190,146
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 169,786 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

: 162,698 (95.82%) *

Germans Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, imple ...

: 2,825 (1.66%) *Others and indefinable: 4,263 (2.51%) Approx. 20,000 persons in Győr District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 92,924 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 92,361;

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

– 525); *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

– 8,349; *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming 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 Places * Reform, Al ...

– 7,844; *other religions – 2,000; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 21,134; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...

– 2,391; *''Undeclared'' – 55,504.

References

External links

Postal codes of the Győr District
Districts in Győr-Moson-Sopron County {{Gyor-geo-stub