Hodoš

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Občina Hodoš
Hodos Község
Umestitev občine Hodoš v Sloveniji
Area: 18.1 km²
Population 356
 - males 167
 - females 189
Mayor: Ludvik Orban
Average age: 38.32 years
Residential areas: 32,72 m²/person
 - households: 104
 - families: 101
Working active: 164
 - unemployed: 27
Average monthly salary (avgust 2003):
 - gross: 294,997 SIT
 - net: 188,305 SIT
College/university students: 6
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Hodoš (Hungarian: Hodos or Őrihodos) is a town and a municipality in Slovenia. It is part of the Prekmurje region. Both Slovene and Hungarian are official languages in the municipality. The municipality comprises 2 villages:

1. Hodoš (Hodos)
2. Krplivnik (Kapornak)

Hodoš is one of the two municipalities in Slovenia where Slovenes are a minority (the other is Dobrovnik), and the only one with a Protestant majority.

The Lutheran priest, teacher and writer János Kardos lived and worked in Hodoš.

The train station at Hodoš/Hodos, displaying the town's bilingual character.

[edit] Demographics

Population by mother tongue, census 2002[1]
Hungarian 210 (58.99%)
Slovene 124 (34.83%)
Others and Unknown 22 (6.18%)
Total 356

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Coordinates: 46°49′N 16°20′E / 46.817°N 16.333°E / 46.817; 16.333