Vas County
- Vas County
Infobox Hungarian county
name =Vas
region =Western Transdanubia
seat =Szombathely
area = 3336
population = 261,900
density = 78
cities = 216Vas (German: "Eisenburg", Slovenian "Železna županija") is the name of an administrative county (
comitatus or megye) in presentHungary , and also in the formerKingdom of Hungary .Vas county
Vas county lies in western
Hungary . It shares borders withAustria andSlovenia and the Hungarian counties Győr-Moson-Sopron, Veszprém andZala . The capital of Vas county isSzombathely . Its area is 3,336 km².History
Vas is also the name of a historic administrative county (
comitatus ) of theKingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in westernHungary , easternAustria and easternSlovenia . The capital of the county wasSzombathely .Vas county arose as one of the first comitatus of the
Kingdom of Hungary .In 1918 (confirmed by the
Treaty of Trianon 1920), the western part of the county became part of the newAustria n landBurgenland , and a smaller part in the southwest, known as Vendvidek became part of the newly formedKingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). In the Vendvidék in 1919 was founded a unrecognized state the Prekmurje Republic, alike in Burgenlad theLajtabánság . The remainder stayed inHungary , as the present Hungarian county Vas. A small part of former Sopron county went to Vas county. Some villages north ofZalaegerszeg went toZala county, and a small region west ofPápa went to Veszprém county.Since 1991, when
Slovenia became independent fromYugoslavia , the Yugoslavian part of former Vas county (aroundMurska Sobota ) is part ofSlovenia .The Vas county is home to a small Slovenian minority, which lives in the area between the town of
Szentgotthard and theSlovenia n border (seeHungarian Slovenes ).Regional structure
City with county rights
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Szombathely (county seat)Cities and towns
(ordered by population, according to the 2001 census)
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Sárvár (15,651)
*Körmend (12,616)
*Kőszeg (11,731)
*Celldömölk (11,650)
*Szentgotthárd (9,090)
*Vasvár (4,705)
*Csepreg (3,640)
*Bük (3,122)
*Répcelak (2,697)
*Őriszentpéter (1,293)Villages
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Acsád
*Alsószölnök
*Alsóújlak
*Andrásfa
*Apátistvánfalva
*Bajánsenye
*Balogunyom
*Bejcgyertyános
*Bérbaltavár
*Bő
* Boba
*Bögöt
*Bögöte
*Borgáta
*Bozsok
*Bozzai
*Bucsu
*Cák
*Chernelházadamonya
*Csákánydoroszló
*Csánig
*Csehi
*Csehimindszent
*Csempeszkopács
*Csénye
*Csipkerek
*Csönge
*Csörötnek
*Daraboshegy
*Döbörhegy
*Döröske
*Dozmat
*Duka
*Egervölgy
*Egyházashetye
*Egyházashollós
*Egyházasrádóc
*Felsőcsatár
*Felsőjánosfa
*Felsőmarác
*Felsőszölnök
*Gasztony
*Gencsapáti
*Gersekarát
*Gérce
* Gór
*Gyanógeregye
*Gyöngyösfalu
*Győrvár
*Halastó
*Halogy
*Harasztifalu
*Hegyfalu
*Hegyháthodász
*Hegyhátsál
*Hegyhátszentjakab
*Hegyhátszentmárton
*Hegyhátszentpéter
*Horvátlövő
*Horvátzsidány
*Hosszúpereszteg
*Ikervár
*Iklanberény
*Ispánk
*Ivánc
*Ják
*Jákfa
*Jánosháza
*Karakó
*Katafa
*Káld
*Kám
*Keléd
*Kemeneskápolna
*Kemenesmagasi
*Kemenesmihályfa
*Kemenespálfa
*Kemenessömjén
*Kemenesszentmárton
*Kemestaródfa
*Kenéz
*Kenyeri
*Kercaszomor
*Kerkáskápolna
*Kétvölgy
*Kisrákos
*Kissomlyó
*Kisunyom
*Kiszsidány
*Köcsk
*Kondorfa
*Kőszegdoroszló
*Kőszegpaty
*Kőszegszerdahely
*Lócs
*Lukácsháza
*Magyarlak
*Magyarmádalja
*Magyarszecsőd
*Magyarszombatfa
*Meggyeskovácsi
*Megyehíd
*Mersevát
*Mesterháza
*Mesteri
*Meszlen
*Mikosszéplak
*Molnaszecsőd
*Nagygeresd
*Nagykölked
*Nagymizdó
*Nagyrákos
*Nagysimonyi
*Nagytilaj
*Nádasd
*Nárai
* Narda
*Nemesbőd
*Nemescsó
*Nemeskeresztúr
*Nemeskocs
*Nemeskolta
*Nemesládony
*Nemesmedves
*Nemesrempehollós
* Nick
*Nyőgér
*Olaszfa
*Ölbő
*Ólmod
*Orfalu
*Őrimagyarósd
*Ostffyasszonyfa
*Oszkó
*Pácsony
*Pankasz
*Pápoc
*Pecöl
*Perenye
*Peresznye
*Petőmihályfa
*Pinkamindszent
*Pornóapáti
*Porpác
*Pósfa
*Pusztacsó
*Püspökmolnári
*Rábagyarmat
*Rábahídvég
*Rábapaty
*Rábatöttös
*Rádóckölked
*Rátót
*Répceszentgyörgy
*Rönök
* Rum
*Sajtoskál
*Salköveskút
*Sárfimizdó
* Sé
*Simaság
*Sitke
*Söpte
*Sorkifalud
*Sorkikápolna
*Sorokpolány
*Sótony
*Szaknyér
*Szakonyfalu
*Szalafő
*Szarvaskend
*Szatta
*Szeleste
*Szemenye
*Szentpéterfa
*Szergény
*Szőce
*Tanakajd
*Táplánszentkereszt
*Telekes
*Tokorcs
*Tompaládony
*Tömörd
*Tormásliget
*Torony
*Uraiújfalu
*Vámoscsalád
*Vasalja
*Vásárosmiske
*Vasasszonyfa
*Vasegerszeg
*Vashosszúfalu
*Vaskeresztes
*Vassurány
*Vasszécseny
*Vasszentmihály
*Vasszilvágy
*Vát
*Velem
*Velemér
*Vép
*Viszák
*Vönöck
*Zsédeny
*Zsennye
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