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Tiszavasvári District

Coordinates: 48°00′00″N 21°25′00″E / 48.0000°N 21.4167°E / 48.0000; 21.4167
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Tiszavasvári District
Tiszavasvári járás
Official logo of Tiszavasvári District
Tiszavasvári District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Tiszavasvári District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seatTiszavasvári
Area
 • Total381.61 km2 (147.34 sq mi)
 • Rank7th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total27,684
 • Rank8th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)

Tiszavasvári (Hungarian: Tiszavasvári járás) is a district in western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Tiszavasvári is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography

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Tiszavasvári District borders with Szerencs District and Tokaj District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the northwest and north, Nyíregyháza District to the north and east, Hajdúböszörmény District and Hajdúnánás District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Tiszaújváros District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszavasvári District is 6.

Municipalities

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The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 3 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 Tiszavasvári District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (25.4%)
  Lutheranism (0.3%)
  Catholic Church (15.1%)
  Other religions (1.3%)
  Non-religious (25.3%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (25.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 27,684 and the population density was 73/km2.

Year County population[2] Change
2011 27,684 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000) and German (150).

Total population (2011 census): 27,684
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 27,812 persons:

  • Hungarians: 23,876 (85.85%)
  • Gypsies: 3,561 (12.80%)
  • Others and indefinable: 375 (1.35%)

Approx. 150 persons in Tiszavasvári 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, "Tiszavasvári 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°00′00″N 21°25′00″E / 48.0000°N 21.4167°E / 48.0000; 21.4167