Aszód District

Aszód (Hungarian: Aszódi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Pest County. Aszód is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Aszód District

Aszódi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Aszód District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatAszód
Area
 • Total298.37 km2 (115.20 sq mi)
Area rank11th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total37,472
 • Rank15th in Pest
 • Density126/km2 (330/sq mi)

Geography

Aszód District borders with Pásztó District (Nógrád County) to the north, Hatvan District (Heves County) and Jászberény District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Gödöllő District to the southwest, Vác District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Aszód District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Aszód District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (54.1%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)
  Lutheranism (10.7%)
  Calvinism (4.3%)
  Other religions (1.8%)
  Non-religious (6.7%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (21.4%)

In 2011, it had a population of 37,472 and the population density was 126/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 37,472 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), German (1,000), Romanian and Slovak (150).

Total population (2011 census): 37,472
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 36,468 persons:

Approx. 1,000 persons in Aszód 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 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Aszódi 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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