Sopron District

Sopron District Soproni járás
Districts of Hungary
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Sopron District within Hungary and Győr-Moson-Sopron County.
Country	Hungary
County	Győr-Moson-Sopron
District seat	Sopron
Area
• Total	867.75 km^2 (335.04 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd in Győr-Moson-Sopron
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	98,841
• Rank	2nd in Győr-Moson-Sopron
• Density	114/km^2 (300/sq mi)

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.

Geography

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.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns, 1 large village and 35 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

• Agyagosszergény (882)
• Ágfalva (2,178)
• Csapod (523)
• Csáfordjánosfa (209)
• Csér (33)
• Ebergőc (157)
• Egyházasfalu (838)
• Fertőboz (258)
• Fertőd (3,461)
• Fertőendréd (589)
• Fertőhomok (638)
• Fertőrákos (2,144)
• Fertőszentmiklós (3,891)
• Fertőszéplak (1,318)
• Gyalóka (63)
• Harka (1,919)
• Hegykő (1,405)
• Hidegség (383)
• Iván (1,269)
• Kópháza (2,096)
• Lövő (1,443)
• Nagycenk (1,957)
• Nagylózs (1,041)
• Nemeskér (213)
• Pereszteg (1,405)
• Petőháza (1,058)
• Pinnye (321)
• Pusztacsalád (246)
• Répcevis (334)
• Röjtökmuzsaj (445)
• Sarród (1,175)
• Sopron (61,390) – district seat
• Sopronhorpács (824)
• Sopronkövesd (1,188)
• Szakony (400)
• Und (315)
• Újkér (977)
• Völcsej (387)
• Zsira (782)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Sopron District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (56.3%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)

  Lutheranism (4.6%)

  Calvinism (2.6%)

  Other religions (1.2%)

  Non-religious (8.8%)

  Atheists (1.1%)

  Undeclared (25.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 98,841 and the population density was 114/km^2.

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	98,841	n/a

Ethnicity

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:

• Hungarians: 85,032 (90.23%)
• Germans: 5,412 (5.74%)
• Croats: 1,772 (1.88%)
• Others and indefinable: 2,025 (2.15%)

Approx. 4,500 persons in Sopron District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 55,943 (Roman Catholic – 55,662; Greek Catholic – 258);
• Evangelical – 4,545;
• Reformed – 2,544;
• other religions – 1,128;
• Non-religious – 8,703;
• Atheism – 1,132;
• Undeclared – 24,846.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Soproni járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links

• Postal codes of the Sopron District

47.68461812942423°N 16.590397763554474°E / 47.68461812942423; 16.590397763554474