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Győr Moson Sopron County

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Country
  
Hungary

County seat
  
Győr

Postal code
  
90xx – 94xx

Area
  
4,208 km²

Region
  
Western Transdanubia

Area rank
  
13th in Hungary

ISO 3166 code
  
HU-GS

Area code
  
99

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Destinations
  
Fertő-Hanság National Park, Lake Neusiedl, Győr

Clubs and Teams
  
Győri Audi ETO KC, Győri ETO FC, Gyirmót SE

Points of interest
  
Pannonhalma Archabbey, Eszterháza, Szigetköz, Lake Neusiedl, Tour du feu

Colleges and Universities
  
Széchenyi István University, University of West Hungary, Győri Theological College

Győr-Moson-Sopron (German: Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg) (Slovak: Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Komárom-Esztergom, Veszprém and Vas. The capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county is Győr. The county is a part of the Centrope Project.

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Map of Gy%C5%91r-Moson-Sopron, Hungary

History

Győr-Moson-Sopron county was created in 1950 from two counties - Győr-Moson and Sopron. Though formed as a result of the general Communist administrative reform of that year, it is the long-term result of the impact of earlier border changes on Hungary's western counties. In 1921 the counties of Moson and Sopron were each cut in two, with their western districts forming the northern half of the Austrian province of Burgenland. Between 1921 and 1945, Győr and Moson became part of the "provisionally and administratively unified counties of Győr-Moson-Pozsony", renamed after 1945 as simply Győr-Moson. In 1947 the borders of this county were modified when Hungary lost three villages in the far north of Győr-Moson to Czechoslovakia as a consequence of the Hungarian peace treaty signed in that year. Though Győr is the capital, there is a strong rivalry between it and Sopron, historically an important cultural centre on its own right. The county also contains Hegyeshalom - Hungary's busiest international land border crossing point. Before 1990, it was officially called Győr-Sopron county.

Demographics

In 2015, it had a population of 452,638 and the population density was 108/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 5,000), Roma (3,500), Croats (3,000) and Slovaks (1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 447,985
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 395 505 persons:

  • Hungarians: 380 282 (96,15%)
  • Germans: 5 145 (1,30%)
  • Others and indefinable: 10 078 (2,55%)

    • Approx. 63,000 persons in Győr-Moson-Sopron County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

    Religion

    Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

  • Catholic – 54.5% (Roman Catholic – 54.3%; Greek Catholic – 0.2%);
  • Evangelical – 4.7%;
  • Reformed – 3.3%;
  • other religions – 0.9%;
  • Non-religious – 9.2%;
  • Atheism – 1.0%;
  • Undeclared – 26.3%.

    • Politics

    The Győr-Moson-Sopron County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 21 counselors, with the following party composition:

    Cities with county rights

  • Győr – county seat; 129,527 (as of 2011)
  • Sopron – 60,548 (as of 2011)

    • Towns

    (ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

    Villages

    municipalities are large villages.

    International relations

    Győr-Moson-Sopron County has a partnership relationship with:

    References

    Győr-Moson-Sopron County Wikipedia
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