Kisvárda District

Kisvárda (Hungarian: Kisvárdai járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Kisvárda 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 and Nyírség geographical region.

Kisvárda District

Kisvárdai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kisvárda District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seatKisvárda
Area
 • Total523.09 km2 (201.97 sq mi)
Area rank6th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total56,114
 • Rank3rd in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density107/km2 (280/sq mi)

Geography

Kisvárda District borders with Záhony District to the north, Vásárosnamény District to the east, Baktalórántháza District to the south, Kemecse District and Ibrány District to the west, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Kisvárda District is 23.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Kisvárda District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (42.6%)
  Lutheranism (0.1%)
  Catholic Church (24.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (12.6%)
  Other religions (1.5%)
  Non-religious (3.4%)
  Atheists (0.2%)
  Undeclared (15.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 56,114 and the population density was 107/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 56,114 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,500), Ukrainian (200), Russian and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 56,114
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 54,880 persons:

  • Hungarians: 50,963 (92.86%)
  • Gypsies: 3,250 (5.92%)
  • Others and indefinable: 667 (1.22%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Kisvárda 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. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Kisvárdai járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)



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