Rétság District

Rétság (Hungarian: Rétsági járás; Slovak: Rétságsky okres) is a district in western part of Nógrád County. Rétság is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Rétság District Rétsági járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Rétság District within Hungary and Nógrád County.
Country	Hungary
County	Nógrád
District seat	Rétság
Area
• Total	435.03 km2 (167.97 sq mi)
• Rank	4th in Nógrád
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	24,395
• Rank	4th in Nógrád
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)

Geography

Rétság District borders with Balassagyarmat District to the northeast, Vác District (Pest County) to the south, Szob District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Rétság District is 25.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 24 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)^[1]

• Alsópetény (595)
• Bánk (650)
• Berkenye (614)
• Borsosberény (980)
• Diósjenő (2,768)
• Felsőpetény (590)
• Horpács (172)
• Keszeg (615)
• Kétbodony (460)
• Kisecset (160)
• Legénd (432)
• Nagyoroszi (2,143)
• Nézsa (1,092)
• Nógrád (1,389)
• Nógrádsáp (833)
• Nőtincs (1,053)
• Ősagárd (288)
• Pusztaberki (128)
• Rétság (2,777) – district seat
• Romhány (2,127)
• Szátok (618)
• Szendehely (1,515)
• Szente (329)
• Tereske (714)
• Tolmács (756)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Rétság District (2011 census)

1. Catholic Church (55.6%)
2. Greek Catholicism (0.3%)
3. Lutheranism (7.2%)
4. Calvinism (5.5%)
5. Other religions (1.4%)
6. Non-religious (7.1%)
7. Atheists (0.7%)
8. Undeclared (22.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 24,395 and the population density was 56/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	24,395	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 1,300), German and Roma (850).

Total population (2011 census): 24,395
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 24,864 persons:

• Hungarians: 21,569 (86.75%)
• Slovaks: 1,337 (5.38%)
• Germans: 841 (3.38%)
• Gypsies: 839 (3.37%)
• Others and indefinable: 278 (1.12%)

Approx. 500 persons in Rétság District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 13,646 (Roman Catholic – 13,567; Greek Catholic – 77);
• Evangelical – 1,749;
• Reformed – 1,339;
• other religions – 351;
• Non-religious – 1,743;
• Atheism – 168;
• Undeclared – 5,399.

Gallery

• 
  Rétság, Town Hall
• 
  Nógrád Castle
• 
  Gyurcsányi-Prónay Mansion in Alsópetény
• 
  Lake Bánk

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary