Záhony District
Districts of Hungary in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Districts of Hungary in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Záhony (Hungarian: Záhonyi járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Záhony 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 geographical region.
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Záhony District
Záhonyi járás | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
District seat | Záhony |
Area | |
• Total | 145.95 km2 (56.35 sq mi) |
• Rank | 13th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 18,963 |
• Rank | 12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
• Density | 130/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Záhony District borders with the Ukrainian oblast of Zakarpattia to the northeast, Vásárosnamény District to the southeast, Kisvárda District to the south, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west, the Slovakian region of Košice to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Záhony District is 11.
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]
The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.
In 2011, it had a population of 18,963 and the population density was 130/km2.
Year | County population[2] | Change |
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2011 | 18,963 | n/a |
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and Ukrainian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 18,963
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 19,372 persons:
Approx. 500 persons in Záhony District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]
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