Vasvár District

Vasvár (Vasvári járás) 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 Sárvár District to the northeast, Zalaszentgrót District (Zala County) to the southeast, Zalaegerszeg District (Zala County) to the south, Körmend District to the west, Szombathely District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Vasvár District is 23.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town and 22 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) • Alsóújlak (599)

• Andrásfa (222)

• Bérbaltavár (558)

• Csehi (246)

• Csehimindszent (363)

• Csipkerek (342)

• Egervölgy (352)

• Gersekarát (648)

• Győrvár (594)

• Hegyhátszentpéter (105)

• Kám (398)

• Mikosszéplak (312)

• Nagytilaj (138)

• Olaszfa (383)

• Oszkó (637)

• Pácsony (285)

• Petőmihályfa (203)

• Püspökmolnári (878)

• Rábahídvég (1,024)

• Sárfimizdó (83)

• Szemenye (318)

• Telekes (523)

• Vasvár (4,387) – district seat The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 13,767 and the population density was 37/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 300) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 13,767 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 12,709 persons: Approx. 1,000 persons in Vasvár District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 12,141 (95.53%)
 * Gypsies: 290 (2.28%)
 * Germans: 175 (1.38%)
 * Others and indefinable: 103 (0.81%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 10,208 (Roman Catholic – 10,184; Greek Catholic – 20);
 * Evangelical – 223;
 * Reformed – 184;
 * other religions – 104;
 * Non-religious – 368;
 * Atheism – 52;
 * Undeclared – 2,628.