Dunakeszi District

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

Dunakeszi District

Dunakeszi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Dunakeszi District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatDunakeszi
Area
 • Total103.08 km2 (39.80 sq mi)
Area rank18th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total78,634
 • Rank6th in Pest
 • Density763/km2 (1,980/sq mi)

Geography

Dunakeszi District borders with Vác District to the north, Gödöllő District to the east, Budapest to the south, Szentendre District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Dunakeszi District is 4.

Municipalities

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

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Dunakeszi District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (28.9%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.9%)
  Calvinism (9.8%)
  Lutheranism (2.2%)
  Orthodoxy (0.1%)
  Judaism (0.1%)
  Other religions (2.1%)
  Non-religious (19.8%)
  Atheists (2.5%)
  Undeclared (33.6%)

In 2011, it had a population of 78,634 and the population density was 763/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 78,634 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 800), Roma (550), Slovak (350), Romanian (300) and Russian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 78,634
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 70,028 persons:

  • Hungarians: 66,372 (94.78%)
  • Germans: 804 (1.15%)
  • Others and indefinable: 2,852 (4.07%)

Approx. 8,500 persons in Dunakeszi 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, "Dunakeszi 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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