Szombathely is situated in the central part of Western Transdanubia and it is the center of Vas county.The number of its inhabitants is

79 534. On the basis of the data available about the population of the city,taking into consideration the tendencies of the past few years we can say that currently Szombathely does not yet belong to the aging cities, but as a predicton for the following 10-15 years,we can say that the rate of inactive retired people will significantly increase. That’s why the aging of the local society can be stated not as a fact, but as a prospective.