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Záhony District

Coordinates: 48°24′17″N 22°10′37″E / 48.40478454372°N 22.17691832478836°E / 48.40478454372; 22.17691832478836
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Záhony District
Záhonyi járás
Official logo of Záhony District
Záhony District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Záhony District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seatZáhony
Area
 • Total145.95 km2 (56.35 sq mi)
 • Rank13th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total18,963
 • Rank12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density130/km2 (300/sq mi)

Záhony (Hungarian: Záhonyi járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Záhony 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 Rétköz geographical region.

Geography

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Záhony District borders with the Ukrainian oblast of Zakarpattia to the northeast, Vásárosnamény District to the southeast, Kisvárda District to the south, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west, the Slovakian region of Košice to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Záhony District is 11.

Municipalities

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The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 8 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 Záhony District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (56.1%)
  Catholic Church (12.7%)
  Other religions (2.2%)
  Non-religious (3.8%)
  Atheists (0.2%)
  Undeclared (19.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 18,963 and the population density was 130/km2.

Year County population[2] Change
2011 18,963 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and Ukrainian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 18,963
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 19,372 persons:

  • Hungarians: 16,689 (86.15%)
  • Gypsies: 2,420 (12.49%)
  • Others and indefinable: 263 (1.36%)

Approx. 500 persons in Záhony District did declare more than one 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, "Záhonyi 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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48°24′17″N 22°10′37″E / 48.40478454372°N 22.17691832478836°E / 48.40478454372; 22.17691832478836