Cigánd District

Cigánd District
Cigándi járás
Districts of Hungary

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Cigánd District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country  Hungary
County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat Cigánd
Area
 • Total 389.99 km2 (150.58 sq mi)
Area rank 8th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 16,042
 • Rank 14th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
 • Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)

Cigánd (Hungarian: Cigándi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. The district seat is in a town that is called Cigánd as well. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Cigánd District borders with the Slovakian region of Košice to the north, Záhony District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the east, Kisvárda District and Ibrány District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Sárospatak District and Sátoraljaújhely District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Cigánd District is 15.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Cigánd District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (49.6%)
  Catholic Church (15.6%)
  Greek Catholicism (7.9%)
  Other religions (2.7%)
  Non-religious (8.9%)
  Atheists (0.1%)
  Undeclared (15.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 16,042 and the population density was 41/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 16,042 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 3,000).

Total population (2011 census): 16,042
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 17,333 persons:

  • Hungarians: 14,606 (84.27%)
  • Gypsies: 2,646 (15.27%)
  • Others and indefinable: 81 (0.47%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Cigánd District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ↑ népesség.com, "Cigándi járás népessége"
  3. ↑ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. ↑ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)

Coordinates: 48°18′00″N 21°53′00″E / 48.3000°N 21.8833°E / 48.3000; 21.8833

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