Sopron District | |
Native Name: | Soproni járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Sopron.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Győr-Moson-Sopron |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Sopron |
Area Total Km2: | 867.75 |
Area Rank: | 3rd in Győr-Moson-Sopron |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 98,841 |
Population Rank: | 2nd in Győr-Moson-Sopron |
Population Density Km2: | 114 |
Sopron (Hungarian: Soproni járás; German: Kreis Ödenburg) is a district in western part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. Sopron is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.
Sopron District borders with the Austrian state of Burgenland to the north and west, Kapuvár District to the east, Sárvár District and Kőszeg District (Vas County) to the south. The number of the inhabited places in Sopron District is 39.
The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns, 1 large village and 35 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.
In 2011, it had a population of 98,841 and the population density was 114/km2.
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):[3] Identified themselves: 94,241 persons:
85,032 (90.23%)
5,412 (5.74%)
1,772 (1.88%)
Approx. 4,500 persons in Sopron District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]