Szolnok_District

Szolnok District

Szolnok District

Districts of Hungary in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok


Szolnok (Hungarian: Szolnoki járás) is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Szolnok is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

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Geography

Szolnok District borders with Jászberény District and Jászapáti District to the north, Kunhegyes District, Törökszentmiklós District and Mezőtúr District to the east, Kunszentmárton District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Cegléd District and Nagykáta District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szolnok District is 18.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 4 towns and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Szolnok District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (30.7%)
  Calvinism (6.5%)
  Lutheranism (0.4%)
  Other religions (1.2%)
  Non-religious (29.6%)
  Atheists (1.8%)
  Undeclared (29.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 118,241 and the population density was 129/km2.

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Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (600), Russian (250) and Romanian (200).

Total population (2011 census): 118,241
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 106,079 persons:

  • Hungarians: 100,632 (94.87%)
  • Gypsies: 3,108 (2.93%)
  • Others and indefinable: 2,339 (2.20%)

Approx. 12,000 persons in Szolnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also


References

  1. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  2. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)

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