Dunakeszi District

Dunakeszi District
Dunakeszi járás
Districts of Hungary

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Dunakeszi District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country  Hungary
County Pest
District seat Dunakeszi
Area
 • Total 103.08 km2 (39.80 sq mi)
Area rank 18th in Pest
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 78,634
 • Rank 6th in Pest
 • Density 763/km2 (1,980/sq mi)

Dunakeszi (Hungarian: Dunakeszi járás) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. Dunakeszi is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Dunakeszi District borders with Vác District to the north, Gödöllő District to the east, Budapest to the south, Szentendre District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Dunakeszi District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns and 1 village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Dunakeszi District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (28.9%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.9%)
  Calvinism (9.8%)
  Lutheranism (2.2%)
  Orthodoxy (0.1%)
  Judaism (0.1%)
  Other religions (2.1%)
  Non-religious (19.8%)
  Atheists (2.5%)
  Undeclared (33.6%)

In 2011, it had a population of 78,634 and the population density was 763/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 78,634 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 800), Roma (550), Slovak (350), Romanian (300) and Russian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 78,634
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 70,028 persons:

  • Hungarians: 66,372 (94.78%)
  • Germans: 804 (1.15%)
  • Others and indefinable: 2,852 (4.07%)

Approx. 8,500 persons in Dunakeszi District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ↑ népesség.com, "Dunakeszi 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: 47°38′00″N 19°09′00″E / 47.6333°N 19.1500°E / 47.6333; 19.1500


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