Érd District

Érd (Hungarian: Érdi járás) is a district in south-western part of Pest County. Érd is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Érd District

Érdi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Érd District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatÉrd
Area
 • Total184.29 km2 (71.15 sq mi)
Area rank14th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total116,510
 • Rank2nd in Pest
 • Density632/km2 (1,640/sq mi)

Geography

Érd District borders with Budakeszi District to the north, Budapest and Szigetszentmiklós District to the east, Ráckeve District to the south, Martonvásár District (Fejér County) to the southwest, Bicske District (Fejér County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Érd District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 3 towns, 1 large village and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Érd District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (30.2%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.9%)
  Calvinism (8.8%)
  Lutheranism (1.2%)
  Orthodoxy (0.2%)
  Other religions (2.5%)
  Non-religious (21.1%)
  Atheists (2.2%)
  Undeclared (32.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 116,510 and the population density was 632/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 116,510 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 2,000), Roma (900), Romanian (700), Slovak (350), Russian (200), Serb, Croat and Greek (150), Polish (100).

Total population (2011 census): 116,510
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 104,800 persons:

  • Hungarians: 98,053 (93.56%)
  • Germans: 2,000 (1.91%)
  • Others and indefinable: 4,747 (4.53%)

Approx. 11,500 persons in Érd District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Érdi 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)


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