Szigetszentmiklós District

Szigetszentmiklós (Hungarian: Szigetszentmiklósi járás) is a district in south-western part of Pest County. Szigetszentmiklós is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Szigetszentmiklós District

Szigetszentmiklósi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Szigetszentmiklós District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatSzigetszentmiklós
Area
 • Total211.28 km2 (81.58 sq mi)
Area rank13th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total110,448
 • Rank3rd in Pest
 • Density523/km2 (1,350/sq mi)

Geography

Szigetszentmiklós District borders with Budapest to the north, Gyál District and Dabas District to the east, Ráckeve District to the south, Érd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szigetszentmiklós District is 9.

Municipalities

The district has 6 towns, 1 large village and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

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

Demographics

Religion in Szigetszentmiklós District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (27.6%)
  Greek Catholicism (1.5%)
  Calvinism (11.2%)
  Lutheranism (0.9%)
  Orthodoxy (0.2%)
  Other religions (2.4%)
  Non-religious (22.0%)
  Atheists (2.0%)
  Undeclared (32.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 110,448 and the population density was 523/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 110,448 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,700), Roma (1,300), Slovak (1,100), Romanian (550), Croat (350), Bulgarian (250), Serb and Russian (200), Slovak (100).

Total population (2011 census): 110,448
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 100,804 persons:

Approx. 9,500 persons in Szigetszentmiklós 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, "Szigetszentmiklósi 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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