Celldömölk ( hu, Celldömölki járás) is a district in eastern part of
Vas County. ''
Celldömölk
Celldömölk (german: Kleinmariazell) is the fifth largest town in Vas County, Hungary. Parts of the Eragon movie were filmed here. The town with 11,000 inhabitants can be found in the centre of Kemenesalja Hills.
History
Celldömölk has a hi ...
'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the
Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
Celldömölk District borders with
Kapuvár District and
Csorna District
Csorna ( hu, Csornai járás) is a district in central part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. ''Csorna'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geogra ...
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Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Győr-Moson-Sopron ( hu, Győr-Moson-Sopron megye, ; german: Komitat Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg; sk, Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or '' megye'') in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia ( ...
)'' to the north,
Pápa District
Pápa ( hu, Pápai járás) is a district in north-western part of Veszprém County. '' Pápa'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
P� ...
and
Devecser District
Devecser ( hu, Devecseri járás) is a district in western part of Veszprém County. ''Devecser'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Geography
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Veszprém County
Veszprém ( hu, Veszprém megye, ; german: Komitat Wesprim (Weißbrunn)) is an administrative county (''megye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county.
Veszprém county
Veszprém county lies in western ...
)'' to the east,
Sümeg District ''(Veszprém County)'' to the south,
Sárvár District
Sárvár ( hu, Sárvári járás) 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 ...
to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Celldömölk District is 28.
Municipalities
The district has 2
towns
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and 26 villages.
(population of 1 January 2013)
The bolded municipalities are cities.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 24,630 and the
population density
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was 52/km².
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 400) and German (250).
Total population (2011 census): 24,630
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 21,954 persons:
*
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Ural ...
: 21,175 (96.45%)
*
Gypsies
The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...
: 372 (1.69%)
*
Germans
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, pop1 = 72,650,269
, region2 =
, pop2 = 534,000
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, pop3 = 157,000
3,322,405
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: 247 (1.13%)
*Others and indefinable: 160 (0.73%)
Approx. 3,000 persons in Celldömölk 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 – 11,718 (
Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 11,688;
Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually.
The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...
– 24);
*
Evangelical
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual exp ...
– 5,570;
*
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 ...
– 565;
*other religions – 143;
*
Non-religious
Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and anti ...
– 766;
*
Atheism
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– 124;
*''Undeclared'' – 5,744.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Celldömölk District
Districts in Vas County
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