Körmend () 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 ...

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Körmend Körmend ( Prekmurje Slovene: ''Karmadén,'' ) is a town in Vas County, Western Hungary. Places of interest The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyány family, one of the most important aristocrat famili ...

'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Geography

Körmend District borders with

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 north, Vasvár District to the east,

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 ...

and

Lenti District Lenti () is a district in Zala County. '' Lenti'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Lenti District borders with Körmend District ...

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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 south,

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Szentgotthárd District Szentgotthárd (; ) is a district in south-western part of Vas County. ''Szentgotthárd'' 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. ...

and the

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n state of

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to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Körmend District is 46.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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and 44 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 27,177 and the

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was 44/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 300) and Roma (250). Total population (2011 census): 27,177
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 24,347 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 ...

: 23,538 (96.68%) *

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 ...

: 313 (1.29%) *

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 , ...

: 259 (1.06%) *Others and indefinable: 231 (0.95%) Approx. 3,000 persons in Körmend 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 – 15,792 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 15,766;

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– 21); *

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– 2,871; *

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 ...

– 1,447; *other religions – 210; *

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 ...

– 1,091; *

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 ...

– 131; *''Undeclared'' – 5,635.

References

External links

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