Balmazújváros District

Balmazújváros (Hungarian: Balmazújvárosi járás) is a district in north-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Balmazújváros 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 Hajdúság historical and geographical region.

Balmazújváros District

Balmazújvárosi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Balmazújváros District within Hungary and Hajdú-Bihar County.
Country Hungary
CountyHajdú-Bihar
District seatBalmazújváros
Area
 • Total827.45 km2 (319.48 sq mi)
Area rank2nd in Hajdú-Bihar
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total30,191
 • Rank7th in Hajdú-Bihar
 • Density36/km2 (90/sq mi)

Geography

Balmazújváros District borders with Mezőcsát District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) and Hajdúnánás District to the north, Hajdúböszörmény District and Debrecen District to the east, Hajdúszoboszló District to the south, Tiszafüred District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balmazújváros District is 5.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

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

Demographics

Religion in Balmazújváros District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (18.4%)
  Catholic Church (15.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.6%)
  Other religions (1.4%)
  Non-religious (38.0%)
  Atheists (1.3%)
  Undeclared (24.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 30,191 and the population density was 36/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 30,191 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 30,191
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 28,278 persons:

  • Hungarians: 25,928 (91.69%)
  • Gypsies: 1,976 (6.99%)
  • Others and indefinable: 374 (1.32%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Balmazújváros 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, "Balmazújvárosi 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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