Vas County

Coordinates: 47°10′N 16°45′E / 47.167°N 16.750°E / 47.167; 16.750
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Vas County
Vas vármegye
Counties of Hungary
Kőszeg Mountains, near Kőszeg
Landscape in Őrség
Main Square, Szombathely
Descending, from top: Hills near Kőszeg, Landscape in Őrség, and Downtown of Szombathely
Region
Western Transdanubia
County seatSzombathely
Districts
7 districts
Government
 • BodyVas County Assembly
 • President of the General AssemblyLászló Majthényi (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
 • Total3,336.14 km2 (1,288.09 sq mi)
 • Rank17th in Hungary
Population
 (2018)
 • Total253,305[1]
 • Rank17th in Hungary
GDP
[2]
 • TotalHUF 904 billion
€2.905 billion (2016)
Postal code
95xx – 99xx
Area code(s)(+36) 94, 95
ISO 3166 codeHU-VA
Websitewww.vasmegye.hu

Vas (Hungarian: Vas vármegye, pronounced [ˈvɒʃ]; German: Komitat Eisenburg; Slovene: Železna županija or županija Železna; Croatian: Željezna županija) is an administrative county (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 western Hungary. It shares borders with

Veszprém, and Zala. The capital of Vas County is Szombathely
. Its area is 3,336 km².

History

Main article: Vas County (former)

Vas is also the name of a historic administrative county (

comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in western Hungary, eastern Austria, and eastern Slovenia. The capital of the county was Szombathely
.

Vas County arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1920, by the

Veszprém
county.

Since 1991, when Slovenia became independent from Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav part of the former Vas County (around Murska Sobota) is part of Slovenia.

Vas County is home to a small Slovene minority, which lives in the area between the town of Szentgotthárd and the Slovenian border (see Hungarian Slovenes).

Demographics

Religion in Vas County (2011 census)

  
Calvinism (2.8%)
  Other religions (0.8%)
  Non-religious (5.3%)
  Atheists
(0.7%)
  Undeclared (25.7%)
See also: Demographics of Hungary

In 2015, the county had a population of 253,997 and the population density was 76/km².

Year County population[3] Change
1949 283,070 n/a
1960 Decrease 282,728 -0.12%
1970 Decrease 277,619 -1.81%
1980 Increase 285,498 2.84%
1990 Decrease 275,944 -3.35%
2001 Decrease 268,123 -2.83%
2011 Decrease 256,629 -4.29%
2015 Decrease 253,997 -1.03%
2018 Decrease 253,305 -0.27%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Croats (approx. 3,000), Roma (2,500), Germans (2,000) and Slovenes (1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 256,629
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[4] Identified themselves: 225 052 persons:

Approx. 39,000 persons in Vas County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

See also: Religion in Hungary

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[5]

Regional structure

District of Vas County
№ English and
Hungarian names 		Area
(km²) 		Population
(2011) 		Density
(pop./km²) 		Seat № of
municipalities
1 Celldömölk District
Celldömölki járás 		474.13 24,630 52 Celldömölk 28
2 Körmend District
Körmendi járás 		614.53 27,177 44 Körmend 46
3 Kőszeg District
Kőszegi járás 		286.45 25,090 88 Kőszeg 21
4 Sárvár District
Sárvári járás 		685.46 38,684 56 Sárvár 42
5 Szentgotthárd District
Szentgotthárdi járás 		255.04 14,961 59 Szentgotthárd 16
6 Szombathely District
Szombathelyi járás 		646.36 112,320 174 Szombathely 40
7 Vasvár District
Vasvári járás 		374.14 13,767 37 Vasvár 23
Vas County 3,336.14 256,629 78 Szombathely 216

Politics

Countyhall of Vas.
Main article: Vas County Assembly

The Vas County Council, elected at the

2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:[6]

    Party Seats Current County Assembly
  Fidesz-KDNP 10                    
  Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik) 2                    
  Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) 2                    
  Mayors Association for Vas County (PVME) 1                    

Presidents of the General Assembly

List of presidents since 1990[7]
Gyula Pusztai (MSZP) 1990–1998
Péter Markó (Fidesz) 1998–2006
Ferenc Kovács (Fidesz-KDNP
)		 2006–2014
László Majthényi (Fidesz-KDNP) 2014–

Municipalities

Vas County has 1

urban county, 12 towns
and 203 villages.

City with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

Towns
Villages

Gallery

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vas County.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Vas County.
  1. ^ nepesseg.com, population data of Hungarian settlements
  2. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  3. ^ népesség.com, "Vas megye népessége 1870-2015"
  4. ^ 1.1.6. A népesség anyanyelv, nemzetiség és nemek szerint – Frissítve: 2013.04.17.; Hungarian Central Statistical Office (in Hungarian)
  5. ^ 2011. ÉVI NÉPSZÁMLÁLÁS, 3. Területi adatok, 3.18 Vas megye, (in Hungarian) [1]
  6. ^ A Vas Megyei Közgyűlés tagjai, (in Hungarian) [2]
  7. ^ Önkormányzati választások eredményei (in Hungarian)

External links

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