Érd District

Érd District Érdi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Érd District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District seat	Érd
Area
• Total	184.29 km2 (71.15 sq mi)
• Rank	14th in Pest
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	116,510
• Rank	2nd in Pest
• Density	632/km2 (1,640/sq mi)

Érd (Hungarian: Érdi járás) is a district in south-western part of Pest County. Érd is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Érd District borders with Budakeszi District to the north, Budapest and Szigetszentmiklós District to the east, Ráckeve District to the south, Martonvásár District (Fejér County) to the southwest, Bicske District (Fejér County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Érd District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 3 towns, 1 large village and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Diósd (9,235)
• Érd (63,333) – district seat
• Pusztazámor (1,156)
• Sóskút (3,100)
• Százhalombatta (18,577)
• Tárnok (8,888)
• Törökbálint (13,015)

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

Demographics

Religion in Érd District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (30.2%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.9%)

  Calvinism (8.8%)

  Lutheranism (1.2%)

  Orthodoxy (0.2%)

  Other religions (2.5%)

  Non-religious (21.1%)

  Atheists (2.2%)

  Undeclared (32.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 116,510 and the population density was 632/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	116,510	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 2,000), Roma (900), Romanian (700), Slovak (350), Russian (200), Serb, Croat and Greek (150), Polish (100).

Total population (2011 census): 116,510
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 104,800 persons:

• Hungarians: 98,053 (93.56%)
• Germans: 2,000 (1.91%)
• Others and indefinable: 4,747 (4.53%)

Approx. 11,500 persons in Érd District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 36,241 (Roman Catholic – 35,197; Greek Catholic – 1,026);
• Reformed – 10,218;
• Evangelical – 1,375;
• Orthodox – 239;
• other religions – 2,890;
• Non-religious – 24,630;
• Atheism – 2,585;
• Undeclared – 38,332.

Gallery

• 
  Ruin of Hunting lodge in Érd
• 
  Aerial view of Törökbálint
• 
  St.Stephen of Hungary Church in Százhalombatta
• 
  Barcza Mansion in Pusztazámor

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Érd District