Vas County

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}}Template:Main other Vas (Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx; Template:Langx or {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; Template:Langx) 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.

GeographyEdit

Vas County lies in western Hungary. It shares borders with Austria (Burgenland), Slovenia (Mura Statistical Region), and the Hungarian counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron, Veszprém, and Zala. The capital of Vas County is Szombathely. Its area is 3,336 km².

HistoryEdit

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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 Treaty of Trianon the western part of the county became part of the new Austrian land Burgenland, and a smaller part in the southwest, known as Vendvidék, became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). In the Vendvidék in 1919 was founded an unrecognized state the Prekmurje Republic, similar to Burgenland the Lajtabánság. The remainder stayed in Hungary, as the present Hungarian county Vas. After World War II due to Communist reforms, a small part of the former Sopron county went to Vas County, some villages north of Zalaegerszeg went to Zala county, and a small region west of Pápa went to 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).

DemographicsEdit

Template:Pie chart Template:See also In 2015, the county had a population of 253,997 and the population density was 76/km².

Year	County population<ref>népesség.com, "Vas megye népessége 1870-2015"</ref>	Change
1949	283,070	n/a
1960	Template:Decrease 282,728	-0.12%
1970	Template:Decrease 277,619	-1.81%
1980	Template:Increase 285,498	2.84%
1990	Template:Decrease 275,944	-3.35%
2001	Template:Decrease 268,123	-2.83%
2011	Template:Decrease 256,629	-4.29%
2015	Template:Decrease 253,997	-1.03%
2018	Template:Decrease 253,305	-0.27%

EthnicityEdit

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):<ref>1.1.6. A népesség anyanyelv, nemzetiség és nemek szerint – Frissítve: 2013.04.17.; Hungarian Central Statistical Office Template:In lang</ref> Identified themselves: 225 052 persons:

Hungarians: 214 512 (95.32%)
Croats: 3 102 (1.38%)
Gypsies: 2 559 (1.14%)
Others and indefinable: 4 879 (2.17%)

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

ReligionEdit

Template:See also Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:<ref>2011. ÉVI NÉPSZÁMLÁLÁS, 3. Területi adatok, 3.18 Vas megye, Template:In lang [1]</ref>

Catholic – 150,912 (Roman Catholic – 150,575; Greek Catholic – 276);
Evangelical – 15,135;
Reformed – 7,113;
other religions – 2,087;
Non-religious – 13,621;
Atheism – 1,895;
Undeclared – 65,866.

Regional structureEdit

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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

PoliticsEdit

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Countyhall of Vas.

Template:Main article The Vas County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:<ref>A Vas Megyei Közgyűlés tagjai, Template:In lang [2]</ref>

	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 AssemblyEdit

List of presidents since 1990<ref>Önkormányzati választások eredményei Template:In lang</ref>
Gyula Pusztai (MSZP)	1990–1998
Péter Markó (Fidesz)	1998–2006
Ferenc Kovács (Fidesz-KDNP)	2006–2014
László Majthényi (Fidesz-KDNP)	2014–

MunicipalitiesEdit

Vas County has 1 urban county, 12 towns and 203 villages.

City with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

Szombathely (78,884) – county seat

Towns

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Sárvár (14,777)
Körmend (11,950)
Kőszeg (11,666)
Celldömölk (11,113)
Szentgotthárd (8,678)
Vasvár (4,387)
Vép (3,534)
Bük (3,301)
Csepreg (3,286)
Répcelak (2,575)
Jánosháza (2,529)
Őriszentpéter (1,178)

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Villages

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GalleryEdit

Szombathely püspöki palota és székesegyház.jpg

Szombathely, the capital of the county
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Jurisics Square in Kőszeg
Szt. Jakab-kápolna (14886. számú műemlék) 2.jpg

Saint George's Abbey and the Saint James Chapel in Ják
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Nádasdy Castle, Sárvár
Egykori Batthyány-kastély (9005. számú műemlék).jpg

Batthyány Mansion in Körmend
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Batthyány Mansion in Csákánydoroszló
Szentgotthárd Abbey Hungary.JPG

Cistercian Abbey of Szentgotthárd
Zsoldos-féle kerített lakóház (9345. számú műemlék).jpg

Traditional Hungarian house in Szalafő

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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