Vasvár ( hu, Vasvári járás) is a district in southern part of
Vas County. ''
Vasvár
Vasvár (, , Latin: (formerly) ), is a town in Vas County, Hungary.
History
While the Ottomans occupied most of central Europe, the region north of lake Balaton remained in the Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867) (captaincy between Balaton and D ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Vasvár District borders with
Sárvár District to the northeast,
Zalaszentgrót District
Zalaszentgrót ( hu, Zalaszentgróti járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Zala County. '' Zalaszentgrót'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Re ...
''(
Zala County)'' to the southeast,
Zalaegerszeg District ''(Zala County)'' to the south,
Körmend District
Körmend ( hu, Körmendi járás) is a district in south-western part of Vas County. ''Körmend'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia Statistical R ...
to the west,
Szombathely District
Szombathely ( hu, Szombathelyi járás) is a district in central-western part of Vas County. ''Szombathely'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia St ...
to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Vasvár District is 23.
Municipalities
The district has 1
town and 22 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
The bolded municipality is the city.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 13,767 and the
population density was 37/km².
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 300) and German (200).
Total population (2011 census): 13,767
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 12,709 persons:
*
Hungarians: 12,141 (95.53%)
*
Gypsies: 290 (2.28%)
*
Germans: 175 (1.38%)
*Others and indefinable: 103 (0.81%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Vasvár 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 – 10,208 (
Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 10,184;
Greek Catholic – 20);
*
Evangelical – 223;
*
Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
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 ...
– 184;
*other religions – 104;
*
Non-religious – 368;
*
Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...
– 52;
*''Undeclared'' – 2,628.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Hungary
References
External links
Postal codes of the Vasvár District
Districts in Vas County
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