Gödöllő District

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

Gödöllő District

Gödöllői járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Gödöllő District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatGödöllő
Area
 • Total449.66 km2 (173.61 sq mi)
Area rank4th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total139,826
 • Rank1st in Pest
 • Density311/km2 (810/sq mi)

Geography

Gödöllő District borders with Aszód District to the northeast, Nagykáta District to the southeast, Vecsés District to the south, Budapest to the southwest, Dunakeszi District to the west, Vác District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Gödöllő District is 15.

Municipalities

The district has 6 towns, 4 large villages and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

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

Demographics

Religion in Gödöllő District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (35.7%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.8%)
  Calvinism (10.5%)
  Lutheranism (2.8%)
  Other religions (3.0%)
  Non-religious (16.3%)
  Atheists (1.8%)
  Undeclared (29.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 139,826 and the population density was 311/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 139,826 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,800), German (1,600), Slovak (1,000), Romanian (650), Russian (300), Polish (150), Ukrainian and Bulgarian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 139,826
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 129,792 persons:

Approx. 10,000 persons in Gödöllő 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, "Gödöllői 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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