Szikszó District

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

Szikszó District Szikszói járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Szikszó District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country	Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat	Szikszó
Area
• Total	309.25 km2 (119.40 sq mi)
• Rank	14th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	17,507
• Rank	13th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)

Geography

Szikszó District borders with Encs District northeast, Szerencs District to the southeast, Miskolc District to the southwest, Edelény District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szikszó District is 24.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 23 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Abaújlak (131)
• Abaújszolnok (191)
• Alsóvadász (1,562)
• Aszaló (1,879)
• Felsővadász (543)
• Gadna (262)
• Gagybátor (226)
• Gagyvendégi (200)
• Halmaj (1,853)
• Hernádkércs (275)
• Homrogd (956)
• Kázsmárk (959)
• Kiskinizs (359)
• Kupa (159)
• Léh (473)
• Monaj (223)
• Nagykinizs (333)
• Nyésta (52)
• Pamlény (44)
• Rásonysápberencs (595)
• Selyeb (489)
• Szászfa (119)
• Szentistvánbaksa (270)
• Szikszó (5,348) – district seat

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Szikszó District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (39.9%)

  Greek Catholicism (14.4%)

  Calvinism (24.3%)

  Lutheranism (0.3%)

  Other religions (0.6%)

  Non-religious (4.2%)

  Atheists (0.3%)

  Undeclared (16.0%)

In 2011, it had a population of 17,507 and the population density was 57/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	17,507	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,500) and Rusyn (100).

Total population (2011 census): 17,507
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 20,043 persons:

• Hungarians: 16,316 (81.40%)
• Gypsies: 3,434 (17.13%)
• Others and indefinable: 293 (1.46%)

Approx. 2,500 persons in Szikszó District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 9,511 (Roman Catholic – 6,979; Greek Catholic – 2,529);
• Reformed – 4,254;
• Evangelical – 46;
• other religions – 112;
• Non-religious – 733;
• Atheism – 44;
• Undeclared – 2,807.

Gallery

• 
  Szikszó, the district seat
• 
  Hernád river near Szentistvánbaksa
• 
  Rákóczi Mansion in Felsővadász
• 
  Greek Catholic Church in Abaújszolnok

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Szikszói 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 Szikszó District

48.3000°N 20.9667°E / 48.3000; 20.9667