Tokaj District

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

Tokaj District Tokaji járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Tokaj District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country	Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat	Tokaj
Area
• Total	255.81 km2 (98.77 sq mi)
• Rank	15th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	13,331
• Rank	16th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)

Geography

Tokaj District borders with Gönc District to the north, Sárospatak District and Nyíregyháza District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the east, Tiszavasvári District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Szerencs District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tokaj District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Bodrogkeresztúr (1,107)
• Bodrogkisfalud (836)
• Csobaj (702)
• Erdőbénye (1,018)
• Szegi (296)
• Szegilong (203)
• Taktabáj (575)
• Tarcal (2,824)
• Tiszaladány (670)
• Tiszatardos (223)
• Tokaj (4,839) – district seat

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Tokaj District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (34.9%)

  Greek Catholicism (7.5%)

  Calvinism (25.8%)

  Lutheranism (0.3%)

  Other religions (0.7%)

  Non-religious (8.2%)

  Atheists (0.7%)

  Undeclared (21.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 13,331 and the population density was 52/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	13,331	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 650).

Total population (2011 census): 13,331
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 12,653 persons:

• Hungarians: 11,848 (93.64%)
• Gypsies: 620 (4.90%)
• Others and indefinable: 185 (1.46%)

Approx. 500 persons in Tokaj District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 5,655 (Roman Catholic – 4,655; Greek Catholic – 998);
• Reformed – 3,436;
• Evangelical – 41;
• other religions – 95;
• Non-religious – 1,096;
• Atheism – 89;
• Undeclared – 2,919.

Gallery

• 
  Tokaj, the district seat
• 
  Degenfeld Mansion in Tarcal
• 
  Aerial view of Erdőbénye
• 
  Wineyards near Tokaj

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Tokaji 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 Tokaj District

48.1667°N 21.3667°E / 48.1667; 21.3667