- Source: Zala County
Zala (Hungarian: Zala vármegye, pronounced [ˈzɒlɒ]; Croatian: Zalska županija; županija Zala) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia (Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava and Moravske Toplice) and the Hungarian counties Vas, Veszprém and Somogy. The seat of Zala County is Zalaegerszeg. Its area is 3,784 square kilometres (1,461 sq mi). Lake Balaton lies partly in the county.
History
In the tenth century, the Hungarian Nyék tribe occupied the region around Lake Balaton. Their occupation was mainly in the areas known today as Zala and Somogy counties.
Parts of the western territory of the former county of Zala are now part of Slovenia (South-Prekmurje) and Croatia (Međimurje). In 1919 it was part of the unrecognized state of the Republic of Prekmurje, which existed for just six days.
Demographics
In 2015, it had a population of 277,290 and the population density was 73 inhabitants per square kilometre (190/sq mi).
= Ethnicity
=Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 7,000), Croats (3,500) and Germans (2,000).
Total population (2011 census): 282,179
Ethnic groups (2011 census):
Identified themselves: 255 069 persons:
Hungarians: 241 408 (94,64%)
Gypsies: 6 981 (2,74%)
Croats: 3 248 (1,27%)
Others and indefinable: 3 432 (1,35%)
Approx. 38,000 persons in Zala County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
= Religion
=Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
Catholic – 177,072 (Roman Catholic – 176,721; Greek Catholic – 313);
Reformed – 7,000;
Evangelical – 3,928;
other religions – 2,463;
Non-religious – 23,119;
Atheism – 2,272;
Undeclared – 66,325.
Regional structure
Politics
The Zala County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 15 counselors, with the following party composition:
= Presidents of the General Assembly
=Municipalities
Zala County has two urban counties, eight towns, two large villages and 246 villages.
City with county rights
(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)
Zalaegerszeg (59,499)
Nagykanizsa (49,026)
Towns
Villages
municipalities are large villages.
Gallery
References
External links
Official site in Hungarian and German
Zalai Hírlap (zaol.hu) - The county portal
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- County di Hungaria
- Pölöske
- Transdanubia Barat
- Nagykanizsa
- Zalaegerszeg
- Veszprém (kabupaten)
- Austria-Hungaria
- Zala County
- Zala (river)
- Zala
- Zala County (former)
- Međimurje County
- Prekmurje
- Zala County 3rd constituency
- Varaždin County (former)
- Nagykanizsa
- Zalaegerszeg
