Vas county
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Vas County Vas megye (Hungarian) Željezna županija (Croatian) |
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| Country | Hungary | ||
| Region | Western Transdanubia | ||
| County seat | Szombathely | ||
| Government | |||
| • President of the General Assembly | László Majthényi (Fidesz-KDNP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,336.14 km2 (1,288.09 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 17th in Hungary | ||
| Population (2011 census) | |||
| • Total | 256,629 | ||
| • Rank | 17th in Hungary | ||
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 95xx – 99xx | ||
| Area code(s) | (+36) 94, 95 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | HU-VA | ||
| Website | www |
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Vas (German: Eisenburg, Slovene: Železna županija or županija Železna, Croatian: Željezna županija) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. The county is a part of the Centrope Project.
Vas county lies in western Hungary. It shares borders with Austria and Slovenia and the Hungarian counties Győr-Moson-Sopron, Veszprém and Zala. The capital of Vas county is Szombathely. Its area is 3,336 km².
Vas is also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in western Hungary, eastern Austria and eastern Slovenia. The capital of the county was Szombathely.
Vas county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary.
In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the western part of the county became part of the new Austrian land Burgenland, and a smaller part in the southwest, known as Vendvidék became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later renamed to Yugoslavia). In the Vendvidék in 1919 was founded an unrecognized state the Prekmurje Republic, alike in Burgenland the Lajtabánság. The remainder stayed in Hungary, as the present Hungarian county Vas. A small part of former Sopron county went to Vas county. Some villages north of Zalaegerszeg went to Zala county, and a small region west of Pápa went to Veszprém county.
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