Szentgotthárd (; ) is a district in south-western part of
Vas County
Vas (, ; ; or ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') of Hungary. It was also one of the counties of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It is part of the Centrope Project.
Geography
Vas County lies in weste ...
. ''
Szentgotthárd
Szentgotthárd () is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border.
History
The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, founded here in 1183.
In 1664, it was ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
The Szentgotthárd District borders the
Austria
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n state of
Burgenland
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to the north and west, the
Körmend District to the east, and
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
to the south.
Municipalities
The district consists of 16 municipalities, 1
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
and 15
villages
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. The seat of the district is highlighted in bold:
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 14,961 and the
population density
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was 59/km².
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovene (approx. 1,700), German (650) and Roma (350).
Total population (2011 census): 14,961
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 15,706 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 ...
: 12,956 (82.49%)
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Slovenes
The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( ), are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary. Slovenes share a common ancestry, Slovenian culture, culture, and History of Slove ...
: 1,656 (10.54%)
*
Germans
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: 652 (4.15%)
*
Gypsies
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, group = Romani people
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, flag = Roma flag.svg
, flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress
, ...
: 331 (2.11%)
*Others and indefinable: 111 (0.71%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Szentgotthárd District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
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*Catholic – 10,487 (
Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 10,474;
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 ...
– 13);
*
Reformed
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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 ...
– 380;
*
Evangelical
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– 202;
*
Orthodox
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Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...
– 13;
*other religions – 77;
*
Non-religious
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– 621;
*
Atheism
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– 87;
*''Undeclared'' – 3,094.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: , plural: ; the terminology does not distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 village ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Szentgotthárd District
Districts in Vas County
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