Gyà ÂrâÂÂMosonâÂÂSopron (, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia (Bratislava region, Nitra region and Trnava region) and Austria (Burgenland). It shares borders with the Hungarian counties KomáromâÂÂEsztergom, Veszprém and Vas. The capital of Gyà ÂrâÂÂMosonâÂÂSopron county is Gyà Âr. The county is a part of the Centrope project.
Gyà ÂrâÂÂSopron county was created in 1950 from two counties: Gyà ÂrâÂÂMoson 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 divided in two, with their western districts together forming the northern half of the Austrian province of Burgenland. Between 1921 and 1945, Gyà Âr and Moson became part of the "provisionally and administratively unified counties of Gyà ÂrâÂÂMosonâÂÂPozsony", renamed after 1945 as simply Gyà Âr-Moson. In 1947 the borders of this county were modified when Hungary lost three villages in the far north of Gyà ÂrâÂÂMoson to Czechoslovakia as a consequence of the Hungarian peace treaty signed in that year. Though Gyà Âr 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. In 1990 it was officially renamed to Gyà ÂrâÂÂMosonâÂÂSopron county.
Gyà Âr-Moson-Sopron is the only county in Hungary whose population has been increasing according to the Központi Statisztikai Hivatal (KSH). The population density was 111/km<sup>2</sup> in 2022.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 5,000), Roma (3,500), Croats (3,000) and Slovaks (1,500).
Ethnic composition according to the KSH:
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
The Gyà Âr-Moson-Sopron County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 21 counselors, with the following party composition:
The following members elected of the National Assembly during the 2022 parliamentary election:
Gyà Âr-Moson-Sopron County has 2 urban counties, 10 towns, 4 large villages and 167 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)
municipalities are large villages.
Gyà Âr-Moson-Sopron County has a partnership relationship with: