Tiszavasvári District

Tiszavasvári (Hungarian: Tiszavasvári járás) is a district in western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Tiszavasvári is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Tiszavasvári District

Tiszavasvári járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Tiszavasvári District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seatTiszavasvári
Area
 • Total381.61 km2 (147.34 sq mi)
Area rank7th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total27,684
 • Rank8th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)

Geography

Tiszavasvári District borders with Szerencs District and Tokaj District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the northwest and north, Nyíregyháza District to the north and east, Hajdúböszörmény District and Hajdúnánás District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Tiszaújváros District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszavasvári District is 6.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 3 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

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

Demographics

Religion in Tiszavasvári District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (25.4%)
  Lutheranism (0.3%)
  Catholic Church (15.1%)
  Greek Catholicism (6.1%)
  Other religions (1.3%)
  Non-religious (25.3%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (25.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 27,684 and the population density was 73/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 27,684 n/a

Ethnicity

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

Total population (2011 census): 27,684
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 27,812 persons:

  • Hungarians: 23,876 (85.85%)
  • Gypsies: 3,561 (12.80%)
  • Others and indefinable: 375 (1.35%)

Approx. 150 persons in Tiszavasvári District did declare more than one 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, "Tiszavasvári 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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