Vasvár District

Vasvár (Hungarian: Vasvári járás) is a district in southern part of Vas County. Vasvár is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Vasvár District Vasvári járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Vasvár District within Hungary and Vas County.
Coordinates: 47°03′N 16°48′E / 47.05°N 16.80°E / 47.05; 16.80
Country	Hungary
County	Vas
District seat	Vasvár
Area
• Total	374.14 km^2 (144.46 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in Vas
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	13,767
• Rank	7th in Vas
• Density	37/km^2 (100/sq mi)

Geography

Vasvár District borders with Sárvár District to the northeast, Zalaszentgrót District (Zala County) to the southeast, Zalaegerszeg District (Zala County) to the south, Körmend District to the west, Szombathely District 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)^[1]

• Alsóújlak (599)
• Andrásfa (222)
• Bérbaltavár (558)
• Csehi (246)
• Csehimindszent (363)
• Csipkerek (342)
• Egervölgy (352)
• Gersekarát (648)
• Győrvár (594)
• Hegyhátszentpéter (105)
• Kám (398)
• Mikosszéplak (312)
• Nagytilaj (138)
• Olaszfa (383)
• Oszkó (637)
• Pácsony (285)
• Petőmihályfa (203)
• Püspökmolnári (878)
• Rábahídvég (1,024)
• Sárfimizdó (83)
• Szemenye (318)
• Telekes (523)
• Vasvár (4,387) – district seat

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Vasvár District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (74.0%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.1%)

  Lutheranism (1.6%)

  Calvinism (1.3%)

  Other religions (0.8%)

  Non-religious (2.7%)

  Atheists (0.4%)

  Undeclared (19.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 13,767 and the population density was 37/km².

Year	County population^[2]	Change
2011	13,767	n/a

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):^[3] 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:^[4]

• Catholic – 10,208 (Roman Catholic – 10,184; Greek Catholic – 20);
• Evangelical – 223;
• Reformed – 184;
• other religions – 104;
• Non-religious – 368;
• Atheism – 52;
• Undeclared – 2,628.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

References

1. "A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve". ksh.hu. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
2. népesség.com, "Vasvári járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links

• Postal codes of the Vasvár District