Balassagyarmat District | |
Native Name: | Balassagyarmati járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Balassagyarmat big.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Nógrád |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Balassagyarmat |
Area Total Km2: | 532.94 |
Area Rank: | 2nd in Nógrád |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 40,326 |
Population Rank: | 2nd in Nógrád |
Population Density Km2: | 76 |
Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: Balassagyarmati járás) is a district in north-western part of Nógrád County. Balassagyarmat is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Balassagyarmat District borders with the Slovakian regions of Nitra and Banská Bystrica to the north, Szécsény District and Pásztó District to the east, Vác District (Pest County) to the south, Rétság District to the southwest, Szob District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balassagyarmat District is 29.
The district has 1 town and 28 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipality is the city.
In 2011, it had a population of 40,326 and the population density was 76/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), Slovak (400) and German (100).
Total population (2011 census): 40,326
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 37,603 persons:
34,861 (93.70%)
1,932 (5.19%)
380 (1.02%)
Approx. 2,500 persons in Balassagyarmat District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]