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Győr–Moson–Sopron County

Coordinates: 47°40′N 17°15′E / 47.667°N 17.250°E / 47.667; 17.250
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Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Flag of Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Flag
Coat of arms of Győr-Moson-Sopron County
Coat of arms
Location of Győr-Moson-Sopron County
CountryHungary
RegionWestern Transdanubia
County seatGyőr
Area
 • Total
4,208.05 km2 (1,624.74 sq mi)
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total
447,985
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Websitewww.gymsmo.hu

Győr-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Komárom-Esztergom, Veszprém and Vas. The capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county is Győr. The county is a part of the Centrope Project.

History

Győr-Moson-Sopron county was created in 1950 from two counties - Győr-Moson and Sopron. Though formed as a result of the general Communist administrative reform of that year, it is the long-term result of the impact of earlier border changes on Hungary's western counties. In 1921 the counties of Moson and Sopron were each cut in two, with their western districts forming the northern half of the Austrian province of Burgenland. Between 1921 and 1945, Győr and Moson became part of the "provisionally and administratively unified counties of Győr-Moson-Pozsony", renamed after 1945 as simply Győr-Moson. In 1947 the borders of this county were modified when Hungary lost three villages in the far north of Győr-Moson to Czechoslovakia as a consequence of the Hungarian peace treaty signed in that year. Though Győr is the capital, there is a strong rivalry between it and Sopron, historically an important cultural centre on its own right. The county also contains Hegyeshalom - Hungary's busiest international land border crossing point. Before 1990, it was officially called Győr-Sopron county.

Regional structure

Cities with county rights

Aerial photography: Győr

Towns

(ordered by population, according to the 2012 census)

Villages


  • Nagylózs - Palace
    Nagylózs - Palace
  • Sopronhorpács -Széchenyi Palace
    Sopronhorpács -Széchenyi Palace
  • Szany - Palace
    Szany - Palace
  • Zsira - Palace.jpg
    Zsira - Palace.jpg
  • Nagylózs - Palace from above
    Nagylózs - Palace from above
  • Nagycenk - Palace
    Nagycenk - Palace
  • Aerial photography: Mihályi - Palace
    Aerial photography: Mihályi - Palace
  • Aerial photo: Dénesfa - Palace
    Aerial photo: Dénesfa - Palace
  • Hédervár - Palace from above
    Hédervár - Palace from above
  • Aerial photography: Sopron
    Aerial photography: Sopron

References

47°40′N 17°15′E / 47.667°N 17.250°E / 47.667; 17.250

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