Kőszeg District | |
Native Name: | Kőszegi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Kőszeg Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Vas |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Kőszeg |
Area Total Km2: | 286.45 |
Area Rank: | 6th in Vas |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 25,090 |
Population Rank: | 4th in Vas |
Population Density Km2: | 88 |
Kőszeg (hu|Kőszegi járás) 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.
Kőszeg District borders with Sopron District (Győr-Moson-Sopron County) to the northeast, Sárvár District to the east, Szombathely District to the south, the Austrian state of Burgenland to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Kőszeg District is 21.
The district has 3 towns and 18 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 25,090 and the population density was 88/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Croat and German (approx. 1,100) and Roma (200).
Total population (2011 census): 25,090
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 23,694 persons:
21,052 (88.85%)
1,108 (4.68%)
1,062 (4.48%)
Approx. 1,500 persons in Kőszeg District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]