District seat is Vasvár.
Its surface area is 374.14 km²
Population: 13 031
Settlement structure:
1 city (Vasvár)
22 small settlements
The number of inhabitants identified per settlement points to the fragmentation of the settlement structure. Of the 13,031 inhabitants of the district consisting of 23 settlements, 30.49% live in Vasvár, the remaining 69.51% “share” in 22 settlements, with an average of 412 people, which is approximately 1/10th of the population of Vasvár. In terms of population numbers, it is an important fact that the size of Vasvár itself is not significant.
Population of Vasvár district by settlements
(Source: HCSO database)
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vasvári járás | 13 031 | 6 413 | 6 618 |
| Alsóújlak | 537 | 263 | 274 |
| Andrásfa | 240 | 135 | 105 |
| Bérbaltavár | 491 | 264 | 227 |
| Csehi | 243 | 133 | 110 |
| Csehimindszent | 333 | 169 | 164 |
| Csipkerek | 374 | 181 | 193 |
| Egervölgy | 354 | 190 | 164 |
| Gersekarát | 646 | 328 | 318 |
| Győrvár | 638 | 317 | 321 |
| Hegyhátszentpéter | 158 | 79 | 79 |
| Kám | 429 | 199 | 230 |
| Mikosszéplak | 326 | 162 | 164 |
| Nagytilaj | 147 | 67 | 80 |
| Olaszfa | 392 | 188 | 204 |
| Oszkó | 584 | 295 | 289 |
| Pácsony | 270 | 133 | 137 |
| Petőmihályfa | 201 | 103 | 98 |
| Püspökmolnári | 893 | 436 | 457 |
| Rábahídvég | 928 | 439 | 489 |
| Sárfimizdó | 87 | 44 | 43 |
| Szemenye | 341 | 159 | 182 |
| Telekes | 445 | 214 | 231 |
| Vasvár | 3 974 | 1 915 | 2 059 |
Economic activity of the population at district level
(Source: HCSO database; Vas County Government Office database)
| Category | Vasvár District | |
|---|---|---|
| main | Share within population | |
| Total population | 13 031 | 100,0% |
| This | ||
| Employed | 6 485 | 49,77% |
| Unemployed (HCSO 2022) | 249 | 1,91% |
| Receiving inactive | 3 359 | 25,78% |
| Dependant | 1 088 | 8,35% |
| Person under 15 years | 1 850 | 14,20% |
| Additional data on unemployed persons[1] | ||
| Number of unemployed (Government Office 2024) | 373 | 2,86% |
| Unemployed and employed ratio | 5,75% | |
| Number of unemployed people with vocational qualifications | 164 | 1,26% |
| Ratio of unemployed people with vocational qualifications and employed persons | 2,53% | |
Vasvár, as the seat of the district, is located along the main road no. 8, which runs East-West of road traffic. In addition, a North-South branch of the main road No. 74 starts from Vasvár in the direction of Zalaegerszeg. The city has no direct connection to the national highway network. The expressway section of main road No. 8 is accessible towards Körmend.
In terms of rail transport, Vasvár is located on timetable line 17 connecting Szombathely and Zalaszentiván, which makes rail passenger and freight transport directly accessible from North to South. Rail transport towards Szombathely can compensate for the lack of a main road.
Vasvár can be reached within 30 minutes by road and rail from Szombathely, the county seat of Vas County.
2024. Minden jog fenntartva.
A honlap fejlesztése a Nemzetgazdasági Minisztérium támogatásával valósult meg. Támogatói okirat: VF/44/5/2023’.
