Kunhegyes District

Kunhegyes (Hungarian: Kunhegyesi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Kunhegyes 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 Nagykunság historical and geographical region.

Kunhegyes District

Kunhegyesi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kunhegyes District within Hungary and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.
Country Hungary
CountyJász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District seatKunhegyes
Area
 • Total464.58 km2 (179.38 sq mi)
Area rank7th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total20,045
 • Rank8th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)

Geography

Kunhegyes District borders with Heves District (Heves County) to the northwest, Tiszafüred District to the northeast, Karcag District to the east and south, Törökszentmiklós District to the south, Szolnok District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kunhegyes District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Kunhegyes District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (23.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)
  Calvinism (20.0%)
  Lutheranism (0.1%)
  Other religions (0.9%)
  Non-religious (37.4%)
  Atheists (0.5%)
  Undeclared (17.4%)

In 2011, it had a population of 20,045 and the population density was 43/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 20,045 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 4,000).

Total population (2011 census): 20,045
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 21,823 persons:

  • Hungarians: 18,049 (82.71%)
  • Gypsies: 3,595 (16.47%)
  • Others and indefinable: 179 (0.82%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Kunhegyes District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

Transport

Road network
  • Main road (N→S): Tiszafüred... – Kunhegyes District (1 municipality: Kunhegyes) – ...Fegyvernek

Railway network
  • Line 102 (N→S): Kál-Kápolna (80, 84)... –Kunhegyes District (2 municipalities: Abádszalók, Kunhegyes) – ...Kisújszállás (100)

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Kunhegyesi 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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