Gyál District

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

Gyál District

Gyáli járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Gyál District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatGyál
Area
 • Total170.99 km2 (66.02 sq mi)
Area rank15th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total40,853
 • Rank14th in Pest
 • Density239/km2 (620/sq mi)

Geography

Gyál District borders with Budapest to the north, Vecsés District and Monor District to the east, Dabas District to the south, Szigetszentmiklós District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyál District is 4.

Municipalities

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

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

Demographics

Religion in Gyál District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (28.0%)
  Greek Catholicism (1.1%)
  Calvinism (15.6%)
  Lutheranism (0.7%)
  Other religions (3.1%)
  Non-religious (18.6%)
  Atheists (1.4%)
  Undeclared (31.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 40,853 and the population density was 239/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 40,853 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 550), Romanian (350) and German (250).

Total population (2011 census): 40,853
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 36,291 persons:

  • Hungarians: 34,631 (95.43%)
  • Gypsies: 549 (1.51%)
  • Others and indefinable: 1,111 (3.06%)

Approx. 3,500 persons in Gyál District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also
  • List of cities and towns in Hungary

References
  1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Gyáli 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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