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Gyál District

Coordinates: 47°23′00″N 19°13′00″E / 47.3833°N 19.2167°E / 47.3833; 19.2167
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Gyál District
Gyáli járás
District
Official logo of Gyál District
Gyál District within Hungary and Pest County.
Gyál District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatGyál
Area
 • Total170.99 km2 (66.02 sq mi)
 • Rank15th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total40,853
 • Rank14th in Pest
 • Density239/km2 (620/sq mi)

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

Geography

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Gyál District borders with Budapest to the north, Vecsés District and Monor District to the east, Dabas District to the south, Szigetszentmiklós District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyál District is 4.

Municipalities

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

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

Demographics

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Religion in Gyál District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (28.0%)
  Calvinism (15.6%)
  Lutheranism (0.7%)
  Other religions (3.1%)
  Non-religious (18.6%)
  Atheists (1.4%)
  Undeclared (31.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 40,853 and the population density was 239/km2.

Year County population[2] Change
2011 40,853 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 550), Romanian (350) and German (250).

Total population (2011 census): 40,853
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 36,291 persons:

  • Hungarians: 34,631 (95.43%)
  • Gypsies: 549 (1.51%)
  • Others and indefinable: 1,111 (3.06%)

Approx. 3,500 persons in Gyál District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Gyáli 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]
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47°23′00″N 19°13′00″E / 47.3833°N 19.2167°E / 47.3833; 19.2167