Győr District

Győr (Hungarian: Győri járás) is a district in eastern part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. Győr is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Győr District
Győri járás
District
Official logo of Győr District
Coat of arms
Győr District within Hungary and Győr-Moson-Sopron County.
Győr District within Hungary and Győr-Moson-Sopron County.
Coordinates: 47.69°N 17.65°E / 47.69; 17.65
Country Hungary
CountyGyőr-Moson-Sopron
District seatGyőr
Area
 • Total903.40 km2 (348.80 sq mi)
 • Rank1st in Győr-Moson-Sopron
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total190,146
 • Rank1st in Győr-Moson-Sopron
 • Density210/km2 (500/sq mi)

Geography

Győr District borders with Mosonmagyaróvár District, the Slovakian regions of Nitra Region and Trnava Region to the north, Komárom District and Kisbér District (Komárom-Esztergom County) to the east, Pannonhalma District and Pápa District (Veszprém County) to the south, Tét District and Csorna District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Győr District is 35.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county and 34 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Győr District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (48.6%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)
  Lutheranism (4.4%)
  Calvinism (4.1%)
  Other religions (1.1%)
  Non-religious (11.1%)
  Atheists (1.2%)
  Undeclared (29.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 190,146 and the population density was 210/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 190,146 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 2,800), Roma (1,300), Romanian (350), Slovak (300), Croat (200), Russian (150), Bulgarian and Polish (100).

Total population (2011 census): 190,146
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 169,786 persons:

  • Hungarians: 162,698 (95.82%)
  • Germans: 2,825 (1.66%)
  • Others and indefinable: 4,263 (2.51%)

Approx. 20,000 persons in Győr District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Győri 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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