Szentgotthárd District

Szentgotthárd (Hungarian: Szentgotthárdi járás; Slovene: Monošter okrožje) is a district in south-western part of Vas County. Szentgotthárd is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Szentgotthárd District

Szentgotthárdi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Szentgotthárd District within Hungary and Vas County.
Country Hungary
CountyVas
District seatSzentgotthárd
Area
 • Total255.04 km2 (98.47 sq mi)
Area rank7th in Vas
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total14,961
 • Rank6th in Vas
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)

Geography

The Szentgotthárd District borders the Austrian state of Burgenland to the north and west, the Körmend District to the east, and Slovenia to the south. The number of the inhabited places in the Szentgotthárd District is 16.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Szentgotthárd District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (70.0%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.1%)
  Calvinism (2.5%)
  Lutheranism (1.4%)
  Orthodoxy (0.1%)
  Other religions (0.5%)
  Non-religious (4.1%)
  Atheists (0.6%)
  Undeclared (20.7%)

In 2011, it had a population of 14,961 and the population density was 59/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 14,961 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovene (approx. 1,700), German (650) and Roma (350).

Total population (2011 census): 14,961
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 15,706 persons:

Approx. 1,000 persons in Szentgotthárd District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

See also

References
  1. "A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve". ksh.hu. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  2. népesség.com, "Szentgotthárdi járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)


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