Szombathely () is a district in central-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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Szombathely } Szombathely (; ; also see #Etymology, names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas County in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by the streams ''Perint'' and '' ...

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

Geography

Szombathely District borders with

Kőszeg District Kőszeg () is a district in north-western part of Vas County. ''Kőszeg'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Kőszeg District borders ...

to the north,

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 ...

to the east,

Vasvár District Vasvár () 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 ...

and

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

to the south, the

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n state of

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to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szombathely District is 40.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 1

town 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 ...

and 38 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 112,320 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

was 174/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 2,500), Croat (2,000), Roma (850), Romanian (200) and Slovene (150). Total population (2011 census): 112,320
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 100,855 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 ...

: 94,314 (93.52%) *

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 ...

: 2,467 (2.45%) *

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 ...

: 1,997 (1.98%) *Others and indefinable: 2,077 (2.06%) Approx. 11,500 persons in Szombathely 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 – 63,800 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 63,623;

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 ...

– 144); *

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 ...

– 2,899; *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming 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 Places * Reform, Al ...

– 2,158; *other religions – 1,117; *

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 ...

– 8,213; *

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 ...

– 1,149; *''Undeclared'' – 32,984.

References

External links

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