Mezőcsát District

Mezőcsát (Hungarian: Mezőcsáti járás) is a district in southern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Mezőcsát is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Mezőcsát District

Mezőcsáti járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Mezőcsát District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country Hungary
CountyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seatMezőcsát
Area
 • Total351.27 km2 (135.63 sq mi)
Area rank11th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total14,446
 • Rank15th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)

Geography

Mezőcsát District borders with Miskolc District and Tiszaújváros District to the north, Hajdúnánás District and Balmazújváros District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east and south, Mezőkövesd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőcsát District is 8.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Mezőcsát District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (43.2%)
  Catholic Church (25.1%)
  Greek Catholicism (1.0%)
  Other religions (1.4%)
  Non-religious (9.7%)
  Atheists (0.3%)
  Undeclared (19.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 14,446 and the population density was 41/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 14,446 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 14,446
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 14,393 persons:

  • Hungarians: 12,884 (89.52%)
  • Gypsies: 1,376 (9.56%)
  • Others and indefinable: 133 (0.92%)

Approx. 50 persons in Mezőcsát 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 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Mezőcsáti 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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