Rétság District

Rétság District
Rétsági járás
Districts of Hungary

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Rétság District within Hungary and Nógrád County.
Country  Hungary
County Nógrád
District seat Rétság
Area
 • Total 435.03 km2 (167.97 sq mi)
Area rank 4th in Nógrád
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 24,395
 • Rank 4th in Nógrád
 • Density 56/km2 (150/sq mi)

Rétság (Hungarian: Rétsági járás; Slovak: Rétságsky okres) is a district in western part of Nógrád County. Rétság is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Rétság District borders with Balassagyarmat District to the northeast, Vác District (Pest County) to the south, Szob District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Rétság District is 25.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 24 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipality is city.

Demographics

Religion in Rétság District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (55.6%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)
  Lutheranism (7.2%)
  Calvinism (5.5%)
  Other religions (1.4%)
  Non-religious (7.1%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (22.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 24,395 and the population density was 56/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 24,395 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 1,300), German and Roma (850).

Total population (2011 census): 24,395
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 24,864 persons:

Approx. 500 persons in Rétság 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 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ↑ népesség.com, "Rétsági 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°55′00″N 19°11′00″E / 47.9167°N 19.1833°E / 47.9167; 19.1833

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