Győr-Moson-Sopron County

Győr-Moson-Sopron County Győr-Moson-Sopron megye
Counties of Hungary
Descending, from top: Pannonhalma Archabbey, View of Lake Neusiedl in Fertőrákos, and Castle of Győr
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Győr-Moson-Sopron County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Western Transdanubia
County seat	Győr
Districts	show 7 districts Csorna District Győr District Kapuvár District Mosonmagyaróvár District Pannonhalma District Sopron District Tét District
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Zoltán Németh (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	4,208.05 km2 (1,624.74 sq mi)
Area rank	13th in Hungary
Population  (2018)
• Total	463,201[1]
• Rank	6th in Hungary
Postal code	90xx – 94xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 96, 99
ISO 3166 code	HU-GS
Website	www.gymsmo.hu

Győr-Moson-Sopron (Hungarian: Győr-Moson-Sopron megye, pronounced [ˈɟøːr ˈmoʃon ˈʃopron ˈmɛɟɛ]; German: Komitat Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg; Slovak: Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia (Bratislava Region, Nitra Region and Trnava Region) and Austria (Burgenland). 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.

History[]

Győr-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 divided in two, with their western districts together 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. In 1990, it was officially renamed to Győr-Moson-Sopron county.

Demographics[]

Győr-Moson-Sopron is the only county in Hungary whose population has been increasing^[when?] according to the Központi Statisztikai Hivatal (KSH). The population density^[when?] was 108/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
1949	374,987	n/a
1960	401,861	7.17%
1970	414,457	3.13%
1980	437,857	5.65%
1990	432,126	-1.31%
2001	438,773	1.54%
2011	447,985	2.10%
2015	452,638	1%
2016	456,159	1%
2017	459,680	1%
2018	463,201	1%

Ethnicity[]

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

Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3]
Total population	447,985
Identified themselves	395,505
Hungarians	380,282 (96.15%)
Germans	5,145 (1.30%)
Others and undefinable[clarification needed]	10,078 (2.55%)
Undeclared	Approx. 63,000 [doesn't balance]

Ethnic composition according to the KSH

Ethnicity in 2018	% of the county
Hungarians	94%
Germans	3.5%
Gypsies	0.4%
Others	1.1%

Religion[]

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

Roman Catholic	243,196
Greek Catholic	1,066
Total Catholic	244,355
Evangelical	21,062
Reformed	14,741
Other religions	4,263
Non-religious	41,179
Atheist	4,683
Undeclared	117,702

Regional structure[]

№	English and Hungarian names	Area (km²)	Population (2011)	Density (pop./km²)	Seat	№ of municipalities
1	Csorna District Csornai járás	579.76	32,970	57	Csorna	33
2	Győr District Győri járás	903.40	190,146	210	Győr	35
3	Kapuvár District Kapuvári járás	372.14	23,778	64	Kapuvár	19
4	Mosonmagyaróvár District Mosonmagyaróvári járás	899.95	72,609	81	Mosonmagyaróvár	26
5	Pannonhalma District Pannonhalmi járás	312.34	15,227	49	Pannonhalma	17
6	Sopron District Soproni járás	867.71	98,841	114	Sopron	39
7	Tét District Téti járás	272.64	14,414	53	Tét	14
Győr-Moson-Sopron County		4,208.05	452,638	109	Győr	183

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:^[5]

	Party	Seats	Current County Assembly
	Fidesz-KDNP	14
	Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik)	4
	Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	2
	Democratic Coalition (DK)	1

Presidents of the General Assembly[]

List of Presidents, from 1990[6]
(Fidesz-KDNP)	2014–

Municipalities[]

Győr-Moson-Sopron County has 2 urban counties, 10 towns, 4 large villages and 167 villages.

Cities with county rights

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

• Győr (129,527) – county seat
• Sopron (60,548)

Towns

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

Gallery[]

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  Győr, the capital of the county

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  Fire tower in Sopron

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  Eszterháza, the Hungarian Versailles

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  Kisalföld

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  Pannonhalma Archabbey

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  Széchenyi Mansion in Nagycenk

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  Gyülevizy-Pejacsevich Mansion in Zsira

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  Khuen-Héderváry Mansion in Hédervár

International relations[]

Győr-Moson-Sopron County has a partnership relationship with:^[7]

Bratislava Region, Slovakia Enzkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Midtjylland Region, Denmark

Mureș County, Romania Samara Oblast, Russia Trnava Region, Slovakia

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Győr-Moson-Sopron County.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Győr-Moson-Sopron County.

External links[]

• Official site in Hungarian and English
• Kisalföld (kisalfold.hu) - The county portal
• Hungary at GeoHive

Coordinates: 47°40′N 17°15′E / 47.667°N 17.250°E / 47.667; 17.250