Tokaj District

Tokaj District
Tokaji járás
Districts of Hungary

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Tokaj District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country  Hungary
County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat Tokaj
Area
 • Total 255.81 km2 (98.77 sq mi)
Area rank 15th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 13,331
 • Rank 16th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
 • Density 52/km2 (130/sq mi)

Tokaj (Hungarian: Tokaji járás) is a district in eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Tokaj is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Tokaj District borders with Gönc District to the north, Sárospatak District and Nyíregyháza District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the east, Tiszavasvári District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Szerencs District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tokaj District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is city.

Demographics

Religion in Tokaj District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (34.9%)
  Greek Catholicism (7.5%)
  Calvinism (25.8%)
  Lutheranism (0.3%)
  Other religions (0.7%)
  Non-religious (8.2%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (21.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 13,331 and the population density was 52/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 13,331 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 650).

Total population (2011 census): 13,331
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 12,653 persons:

Approx. 500 persons in Tokaj 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 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ↑ népesség.com, "Tokaji 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°10′00″N 21°22′00″E / 48.1667°N 21.3667°E / 48.1667; 21.3667


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