Cigánd District

Coordinates: 48°18′00″N 21°53′00″E / 48.3000°N 21.8833°E / 48.3000; 21.8833
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Cigánd District
Cigándi járás
Official logo of Cigánd District
Country Hungary
CountyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seatCigánd
Area
 • Total389.99 km2 (150.58 sq mi)
 • Rank8th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total16,042
 • Rank14th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)

Cigánd (Hungarian: Cigándi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. The district seat is in a town that is called Cigánd as well. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography[edit]

Cigánd District borders with the Slovakian region of Košice to the north, Záhony District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the east, Kisvárda District and Ibrány District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Sárospatak District and Sátoraljaújhely District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Cigánd District is 15.

Municipalities[edit]

The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics[edit]

Religion in Cigánd District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (49.6%)
  Catholic Church (15.6%)
  Other religions (2.7%)
  Non-religious (8.9%)
  Atheists (0.1%)
  Undeclared (15.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 16,042 and the population density was 41/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 16,042 n/a

Ethnicity[edit]

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 3,000).

Total population (2011 census): 16,042
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 17,333 persons:

  • Hungarians: 14,606 (84.27%)
  • Gypsies: 2,646 (15.27%)
  • Others and indefinable: 81 (0.47%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Cigánd District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion[edit]

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Cigándi járás népessége"
  3. ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
  4. ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links[edit]

48°18′00″N 21°53′00″E / 48.3000°N 21.8833°E / 48.3000; 21.8833