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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.

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)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Vasvár District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (74.0%)
  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/km.

Year County population 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): Identified themselves: 12,709 persons:

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:

See also

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]