Püspökladány District

Püspökladány (Hungarian: Püspökladányi járás) is a district in south-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Püspökladány is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Hajdúság historical and geographical region.

Püspökladány District

Püspökladányi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Püspökladány District within Hungary and Hajdú-Bihar County.
Country Hungary
CountyHajdú-Bihar
District seatPüspökladány
Area
 • Total729.04 km2 (281.48 sq mi)
Area rank4th in Hajdú-Bihar
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total40,426
 • Rank6th in Hajdú-Bihar
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)

Geography

Püspökladány District borders with Hajdúszoboszló District to the north, Derecske District and Berettyóújfalu District to the east, Szeghalom District (Békés County) to the south, Karcag District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Püspökladány District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 3 large villages and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

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

Demographics

Religion in Püspökladány District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (40.9%)
  Catholic Church (6.6%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)
  Other religions (0.9%)
  Non-religious (28.4%)
  Atheists (0.6%)
  Undeclared (22.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 40,426 and the population density was 55/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 40,426 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500).

Total population (2011 census): 40,426
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 37,778 persons:

  • Hungarians: 35,227 (93.25%)
  • Gypsies: 2,253 (5.96%)
  • Others and indefinable: 298 (0.79%)

Approx. 3,000 persons in Püspökladány 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, "Püspökladányi 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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