Sárvár district

General information

District seat is Sárvár

Its surface area is 685.46 km²

Population: 37,867

Settlement structure:

2 towns (Sárvár, Répcelak)
40 small settlements

The population number identified per settlement points to the strong fragmentation of the settlement structure. Of the 37,867 inhabitants of the district consisting of 42 settlements, 37.8% live in Sárvár, the remaining 62.2% “share” 41 settlements with an average of 574 people, which is approximately 1/25th of the population of Sárvár. Répcelak also has a population of only 2,482 people, which as a second city means approximately 1/6 size compared to Sárvár.

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

	Total	Male	Female
Sárvár district	37 867	18 240	19 627
Bejcgyertyános	425	205	220
Bő	715	367	348
Bögöt	386	196	190
Bögöte	308	151	157
Chernelházadamonya	216	114	102
Csánig	345	170	175
Csénye	685	336	349
Gérce	1 099	534	565
Gór	333	172	161
Hegyfalu	755	360	395
Hosszúpereszteg	642	305	337
Ikervár	1 632	800	832
Jákfa	489	246	243
Káld	1 019	487	532
Kenéz	268	131	137
Megyehíd	318	152	166
Meggyeskovácsi	716	371	345
Mesterháza	146	71	75
Nagygeresd	248	121	127
Nemesládony	160	77	83
Nick	559	278	281
Nyőgér	326	163	163
Ölbő	685	326	359
Pecöl	731	361	370
Porpác	158	76	82
Pósfa	261	140	121
Rábapaty	1 710	858	852
Répcelak	2 482	1 183	1 299
Répceszentgyörgy	134	65	69
Sajtoskál	356	176	180
Sárvár	14 314	6 682	7 632
Simaság	566	281	285
Sitke	703	349	354
Sótony	609	314	295
Szeleste	651	324	327
Tompaládony	325	164	161
Uraiújfalu	835	400	435
Vámoscsalád	287	142	145
Vásárosmiske	350	163	187
Vasegerszeg	342	157	185
Vashosszúfalu	377	175	202
Zsédeny	201	97	104

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

Category	Sárvár District
	main	Share within population
Total population	37 867	100,0%
This
Employed	19 526	51,6%
Unemployed	556	1,5%
Receiving inactive	9 758	25,8%
Dependant	3 022	8,0%
Person under 15 years	5 005	13,2%
Additional data on unemployed persons[1]
Number of unemployed	555	1,47%
Unemployed and employed ratio		2,84%
Number of unemployed people with vocational qualifications	353	0,93%
Ratio of unemployed people with vocational qualifications and employed persons		1,81%

Main road network of Sárvár district

The transport conditions of the Sárvár district can be considered adequate within Vas County, both towns of the district have good transport conditions in terms of regional accessibility.

Sárvár, as the seat of the district, is located at the intersection of the main roads running East-West and North-South in terms of road traffic. Main road 84 still retains its tourist significance through the Sopron-Balaton axis. A bypass road surrounds the city from the North, which significantly facilitates the logistical possibilities related to various points of the settlement. In addition, the Hungarian motorway network is easily accessible from Sárvár via a straight-lined 11-km-long road at the junction of Hegyfalu M86.

In terms of road transport, Répcelak is located in the immediate vicinity of the M86 highway, with its own exit. This is definitely a positive feature. However, it should also be taken into account that it does not have significant road links at regional level.

Railway network including Sárvár district

In terms of rail transport, 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.

Répcelak is located on timetable line 16, which connects Szombathely with Csorna, and from there with Győr and Budapest.

Both towns of the district can be reached within 30 minutes by road and rail from Szombathely, the county seat of Vas County.