Gyöngyös District

Gyöngyös (Hungarian: Gyöngyösi járás) is a district in central-western part of Heves County. Gyöngyös is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. This district is a part of Mátra Mountains geographical region.

Gyöngyös District

Gyöngyösi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Gyöngyös District within Hungary and Heves County.
Country Hungary
CountyHeves
District seatGyöngyös
Area
 • Total750.78 km2 (289.88 sq mi)
Area rank1st in Heves
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total73,834
 • Rank2nd in Heves
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)

Geography

Gyöngyös District borders with Bátonyterenye District (Nógrád County) and Pétervására District to the north, Eger District, Füzesabony District and Heves District to the east, Jászberény District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the south, Hatvan District and Pásztó District (Nógrád County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyöngyös District is 25.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 23 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Gyöngyös District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (53.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)
  Calvinism (3.6%)
  Lutheranism (0.3%)
  Other religions (1.5%)
  Non-religious (14.5%)
  Atheists (1.2%)
  Undeclared (25.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 73,834 and the population density was 98/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 73,834 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000), Slovak (400), German (300) and Romanian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 73,834
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 70,115 persons:

  • Hungarians: 65,039 (92.76%)
  • Gypsies: 3,564 (5.08%)
  • Others and indefinable: 1,512 (2.16%)

Approx. 3,500 persons in Gyöngyös 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, "Gyöngyösi 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)

Further reading


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