Celldömölk District

General information

District seat: Celldömölk

Surface area : 474,13 km²

Population: 22 905

Settlement structure:
2 towns (Celldömölk, Jánosháza)
26 small settlements

The population number identified per settlement points to the strong fragmentation of the settlement structure. Of the 22,905 inhabitants of the district consisting of 28 settlements, 41.71% live in Celldömölk, the remaining 58.29% “share” in 26 settlements, with an average of 513 people, which is approximately 1/19th of the population of Celldömölk. Jánosháza has a population of only 2,338 persons, which as a second city is barely 1/4 size compared to Celldömölk.

Population of Celldömölk district by settlement
(Source: HCSO database)

	Total	Male	Female
Celldömölk district	22,905	11,064	11,841
Boba	756	383	373
Borgáta	178	86	92
Celldömölk	9,955	4,689	5,266
Csönge	355	172	183
Duka	219	112	107
Egyházashetye	300	148	152
Jánosháza	2,338	1,122	1,216
Karakó	203	97	106
Keléd	82	45	37
Kemeneskápolna	88	46	42
Kemenesmagasi	836	405	431
Kemenesmihályfa	508	257	251
Kemenespálfa	365	196	169
Kemenessömjén	499	244	255
Kemenesszentmárton	199	101	98
Kenyeri	790	380	410
Kissomlyó	219	110	109
Köcsk	248	127	121
Mersevát	573	288	285
Mesteri	273	131	142
Nagysimonyi	938	445	493
Nemeskeresztúr	293	137	156
Nemeskocs	317	161	156
Ostffyasszonyfa	751	376	375
Pápoc	293	139	154
Szergény	273	137	136
Tokorcs	380	196	184
Vönöck	676	334	342

Economic activity of the population at district level
(Source: HCSO database; Vas County Government Office database)

Category	Celldömölk District
	Main	Share within population
Total population	22,905	100.00%
This
Employed	11,169	48.80%
Unemployed (HCSO 2022)	419	1.80%
Receiving inactive	6,322	27.60%
Dependant	2,070	9.00%
Person under 15 years	2,925	12.80%
Additional data on unemployed persons [1]
Number of unemployed (Labour Organisation, April 2024)	434	1.89%
Unemployed and employed ratio		3.88%
Number of unemployed people with vocational qualifications	225	0.98%
Ratio of unemployed people with vocational qualifications and employed persons		2.01%

Transport conditions

Celldömölk, as the seat of the district, is located along the main road 834, which runs East-West for road traffic. There is no north-south highway near the city. Reaching the single-digit main road 8 towards Jánosháza (16 km), the two-digit main road 84 towards Sárvár is the shortest (17 km). To reach the expressway network, you have to travel 33 km on a main road.

The accessibility of Jánosháza can be considered better compared to Celldömölk. Located in the East-West direction of Highway 8, and in the North-West-South-East direction it is adjacent to the junction of Highway 84.

Rail transport

In terms of rail transport, Celldömölk – similarly to Sárvár – is located on timetable line 20 connecting Szombathely with Székesfehérvár, and from there with direct onward travel to Budapest, which makes rail passenger and freight transport directly accessible from East to West. From the point of view of rail transport and freight transport, railway main line 10 in the direction of Győr is a good additional feature.

Jánosháza is located on timetable line 25, which creates a natural railway connection with Zala County. Its advantage is that this railway line is a direct link to Slovenia.

To reach both towns of the district, it takes about 50 minutes by road from Szombathely, the county seat of Vas County. Rail passenger transport takes 31-45 minutes between Celldömölk-Szombathely, and a little more than an hour between Jánosháza-Szombathely, with a change in Boba.