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Nagykálló District

Coordinates: 47°47′00″N 21°50′00″E / 47.7833°N 21.8333°E / 47.7833; 21.8333
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Nagykálló District
Nagykállói járás
Official logo of Nagykálló District
Nagykálló District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Nagykálló District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seatNagykálló
Area
 • Total377.36 km2 (145.70 sq mi)
 • Rank8th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total30,403
 • Rank7th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)

Nagykálló (Hungarian: Nagykállói járás) is a district in southern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Nagykálló 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 Nyírség geographical region.

Geography

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Nagykálló District borders with Baktalórántháza District to the northeast, Nyírbátor District and Nyíradony District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Debrecen District and Hajdúhadház District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Nyíregyháza District to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykálló District is 8.

Municipalities

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The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages. (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 Nagykálló District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (25.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (25.4%)
  Calvinism (18.4%)
  Lutheranism (0.5%)
  Other religions (0.8%)
  Non-religious (5.3%)
  Atheists (0.3%)
  Undeclared (23.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 30,403 and the population density was 81/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 30,403 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500) and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 30,403
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 28,131 persons:

  • Hungarians: 26,504 (94.22%)
  • Gypsies: 1,220 (4.34%)
  • Others and indefinable: 407 (1.45%)

Approx. 2,500 persons in Nagykálló 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 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Nagykállói 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°47′00″N 21°50′00″E / 47.7833°N 21.8333°E / 47.7833; 21.8333