Baktalórántháza District

Baktalórántháza (Hungarian: Baktalórántházai járás) is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Baktalórántháza 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 Nyírség geographical region.

Baktalórántháza District

Baktalórántházai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Baktalórántháza District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seatBaktalórántháza
Area
 • Total254.47 km2 (98.25 sq mi)
Area rank10th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total19,123
 • Rank11th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)

Geography

Baktalórántháza District borders with Kisvárda District to the north, Vásárosnamény District and Mátészalka District to the east, Nyírbátor District and Nagykálló District to the south, Nyíregyháza District and Kemecse District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Baktalórántháza District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Baktalórántháza District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (22.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (18.8%)
  Calvinism (36.0%)
  Lutheranism (0.2%)
  Other religions (1.7%)
  Non-religious (3.0%)
  Atheists (0.1%)
  Undeclared (17.7%)

In 2011, it had a population of 19,123 and the population density was 75/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 19,123 n/a

Ethnicity

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

Total population (2011 census): 19,123
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 19,254 persons:

  • Hungarians: 17,144 (89.04%)
  • Gypsies: 1,942 (10.09%)
  • Others and indefinable: 168 (0.87%)

Approx. 150 persons in Baktalórántháza District did declare more than one 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, "Baktalórántházai 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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