Záhony District

Záhony District
Záhonyi járás
Districts of Hungary

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Záhony District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country  Hungary
County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seat Záhony
Area
 • Total 145.95 km2 (56.35 sq mi)
Area rank 13th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 18,963
 • Rank 12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density 130/km2 (300/sq mi)

Záhony (Hungarian: Záhonyi járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Záhony is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Rétköz geographical region.

Geography

Záhony District borders with the Ukrainian oblast of Zakarpattia to the northeast, Vásárosnamény District to the southeast, Kisvárda District to the south, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west, the Slovakian region of Košice to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Záhony District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Záhony District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (56.1%)
  Catholic Church (12.7%)
  Greek Catholicism (5.8%)
  Other religions (2.2%)
  Non-religious (3.8%)
  Atheists (0.2%)
  Undeclared (19.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 18,963 and the population density was 130/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 18,963 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and Ukrainian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 18,963
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 19,372 persons:

  • Hungarians: 16,689 (86.15%)
  • Gypsies: 2,420 (12.49%)
  • Others and indefinable: 263 (1.36%)

Approx. 500 persons in Záhony 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, "Záhonyi 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)

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