Balmazújváros District

Balmazújváros District Balmazújvárosi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Balmazújváros District within Hungary and Hajdú-Bihar County.
Country	Hungary
County	Hajdú-Bihar
District seat	Balmazújváros
Area
• Total	827.45 km2 (319.48 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in Hajdú-Bihar
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	30,191
• Rank	7th in Hajdú-Bihar
• Density	36/km2 (90/sq mi)

Balmazújváros (Hungarian: Balmazújvárosi járás) is a district in north-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Balmazújváros 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 Hajdúság historical and geographical region.

Geography

Balmazújváros District borders with Mezőcsát District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) and Hajdúnánás District to the north, Hajdúböszörmény District and Debrecen District to the east, Hajdúszoboszló District to the south, Tiszafüred District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balmazújváros District is 5.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

• Balmazújváros (17,354) – district seat
• Egyek (4,895)
• Hortobágy (1,487)
• Újszentmargita (1,399)
• Tiszacsege (4,481)

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

Demographics

Religion in Balmazújváros District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (18.4%)

  Catholic Church (15.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.6%)

  Other religions (1.4%)

  Non-religious (38.0%)

  Atheists (1.3%)

  Undeclared (24.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 30,191 and the population density was 36/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	30,191	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 30,191
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,278 persons:

• Hungarians: 25,928 (91.69%)
• Gypsies: 1,976 (6.99%)
• Others and indefinable: 374 (1.32%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Balmazújváros District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Reformed – 5,562;
• Catholic – 4,839 (Roman Catholic – 4,674; Greek Catholic – 164);
• other religions – 424;
• Non-religious – 11,484;
• Atheism – 393;
• Undeclared – 7,489.

Gallery

• 
  Balmazújváros, the district seat
• 
  Nine-holed Bridge
• 
  Aerial view of Újszentmargita
• 
  Vay Palace in Tiszacsege

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Balmazújváros District