Sopron (; ) is a district in western part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. ''

Sopron Sopron (; , ) is a city in Hungary on the Austrian border, near Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő. History Ancient times-13th century In the Iron Age a hilltop settlement with a burial ground existed in the neighbourhood of Sopron-Várhely. When ...

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

Geography

Sopron District borders with the

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n state of

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to the north and west, Kapuvár District to the east,

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 ...

and Kőszeg District ''(

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 ...

)'' to the south. The number of the inhabited places in Sopron District is 39.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 2

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

, 1 large village and 35 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 98,841 and the

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was 114/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 5,500), Croat (1,800), Roma (750) and Romanian (200). Total population (2011 census): 98,841
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 94,241 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 ...

: 85,032 (90.23%) *

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 ...

: 5,412 (5.74%) *

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

: 1,772 (1.88%) *Others and indefinable: 2,025 (2.15%) Approx. 4,500 persons in Sopron 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 – 55,943 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 55,662;

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

– 258); *

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 ...

– 4,545; * Reformed – 2,544; *other religions – 1,128; *

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 ...

– 8,703; *

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 ...

– 1,132; *''Undeclared'' – 24,846.

References

External links

Postal codes of the Sopron District
{{authority control Districts in Győr-Moson-Sopron County