Vasvár () is a district in southern 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 ...

. ''

Vasvár Vasvár (, , Latin language, Latin: (formerly) ), is a town in Vas County, Hungary. It was the county seat of Vas County. History While the Ottomans occupied most of central Europe, the region north of lake Balaton remained in the Kingdom of H ...

'' 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 Sárvár () is a district in central-eastern part of Vas County. '' Sárvár'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Sárvár District bo ...

to the northeast, Zalaszentgrót District ''(

Zala County Zala (, ; ; ) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''vármegye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia (Koprivnica–Križevci County, Koprivnica–Križevci and Me� ...

)'' to the southeast,

Zalaegerszeg District Zalaegerszeg () is a district in northern part of Zala County. ''Zalaegerszeg'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Zalaegerszeg Distri ...

''(Zala County)'' to the south, Körmend District to the west,

Szombathely District Szombathely () 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 Statistical Region. Geogr ...

to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Vasvár District is 23.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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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 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 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 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 ...

: 12,141 (95.53%) *

Gypsies {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , ...

: 290 (2.28%) *

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 ...

: 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:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 10,208 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 10,184;

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– 20); *

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 ...

– 223; *

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 ...

– 184; *other religions – 104; *

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 ...

– 368; *

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 ...

– 52; *''Undeclared'' – 2,628.

References

External links

Postal codes of the Vasvár District
Districts in Vas County {{Vas-geo-stub