Vecsés District

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

Vecsés District

Vecsési járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Vecsés District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatVecsés
Area
 • Total119.74 km2 (46.23 sq mi)
Area rank17th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total47,026
 • Rank13th in Pest
 • Density393/km2 (1,020/sq mi)

Geography

Vecsés District borders with Gödöllő District to the north, Nagykáta District to the northeast, Monor District to the southeast, Gyál District to the southwest, Budapest to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Vecsés District is 4.

Municipalities

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

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

Demographics

Religion in Vecsés District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (32.0%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.8%)
  Calvinism (11.4%)
  Lutheranism (3.0%)
  Other religions (2.0%)
  Non-religious (17.4%)
  Atheists (1.4%)
  Undeclared (32.0%)

In 2011, it had a population of 47,026 and the population density was 393/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 47,026 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 1,300), Roma (450), Slovak (350) and Romanian (300).

Total population (2011 census): 47,026
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 43,405 persons:

Approx. 3,500 persons in Vecsés 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. "Table" (XLS). Ksh.hu. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  2. népesség.com, "Vecsési 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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