Kemecse District

Kemecse (Hungarian: Kemecsei járás) is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Kemecse 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.

Kemecse District Kemecsei járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kemecse District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Coordinates: 48.07°N 21.80°E / 48.07; 21.80
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seat	Kemecse
Area
• Total	246.41 km2 (95.14 sq mi)
• Rank	12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	22,066
• Rank	10th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
• Density	90/km2 (200/sq mi)

Geography

Kemecse District borders with Kisvárda District to the northeast, Baktalórántháza District to the southeast, Nyíregyháza District to the south, Ibrány District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kemecse District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)^[1]

• Berkesz (855)
• Beszterec (1,086)
• Demecser (4,284)
• Gégény (1,975)
• Kék (1,966)
• Kemecse (4,792) – district seat
• Nyírbogdány (2,861)
• Nyírtét (1,088)
• Székely (1,046)
• Tiszarád (568)
• Vasmegyer (1,664)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Kemecse District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (37.9%)

  Lutheranism (0.4%)

  Catholic Church (24.7%)

  Greek Catholicism (8.1%)

  Other religions (1.6%)

  Non-religious (5.3%)

  Atheists (0.2%)

  Undeclared (21.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 22,066 and the population density was 90/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	22,066	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,000).

Total population (2011 census): 22,066
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 21,663 persons:

• Hungarians: 19,597 (90.46%)
• Gypsies: 1,900 (8.77%)
• Others and indefinable: 166 (0.77%)

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

Religion

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

• Reformed – 8,356;
• Catholic – 7,241 (Roman Catholic – 5,443; Greek Catholic – 1,798);
• Evangelical – 92;
• other religions – 360;
• Non-religious – 1,175;
• Atheism – 55;
• Undeclared – 4,787.

Gallery

• 
  Aerial view of Berkesz
• 
  Traditional house from Beszterec
• 
  Vay Mansion in Berkesz
• 
  Aerial view of Székely

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Kemecsei 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 Kemecse District