Szolnok District

Szolnok (Hungarian: Szolnoki járás) is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Szolnok is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Szolnok District Szolnoki járás
Districts of Hungary
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Szolnok District within Hungary and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District seat	Szolnok
Area
• Total	914.48 km2 (353.08 sq mi)
• Rank	1st in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	118,241
• Rank	1st in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Density	129/km2 (330/sq mi)

Geography

Szolnok District borders with Jászberény District and Jászapáti District to the north, Kunhegyes District, Törökszentmiklós District and Mezőtúr District to the east, Kunszentmárton District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Cegléd District and Nagykáta District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szolnok District is 18.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 4 towns and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Besenyszög (3,372)
• Csataszög (295)
• Hunyadfalva (169)
• Kőtelek (1,571)
• Martfű (6,435)
• Nagykörű (1,651)
• Rákóczifalva (5,359)
• Rákócziújfalu (2,002)
• Szajol (3,734)
• Szászberek (969)
• Szolnok (74,341) – district and county seat
• Tiszajenő (1,642)
• Tiszasüly (1,370)
• Tiszavárkony (1,526)
• Tószeg (4,380)
• Újszász (6,360)
• Vezseny (692)
• Zagyvarékas (3,512)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Szolnok District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (30.7%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.5%)

  Calvinism (6.5%)

  Lutheranism (0.4%)

  Other religions (1.2%)

  Non-religious (29.6%)

  Atheists (1.8%)

  Undeclared (29.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 118,241 and the population density was 129/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	118,241	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (600), Russian (250) and Romanian (200).

Total population (2011 census): 118,241
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 106,079 persons:

• Hungarians: 100,632 (94.87%)
• Gypsies: 3,108 (2.93%)
• Others and indefinable: 2,339 (2.20%)

Approx. 12,000 persons in Szolnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Catholic – 36,277 (Roman Catholic – 35,678; Greek Catholic – 589);
• Reformed – 7,721;
• Evangelical – 525;
• other religions – 1,427;
• Non-religious – 35,231;
• Atheism – 2,257;
• Undeclared – 34,803.

Gallery

• 
  Szolnok, the Capital of Tisza
• 
  Martfű, from the Tisza river
• 
  Aerial view of Tószeg
• 
  Orczy Mansion in Újszász
• 
  Tiszavirág Bridge
• 
  Town Hall in Szolnok
• 
  Szigligeti Theater (Szolnok)
• 
  St. Ladislaus Church in Tiszasüly

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Szolnoki 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)

External links

• Postal codes of the Szolnok District

47.2000°N 20.1833°E / 47.2000; 20.1833