Balmazújváros District Explained

Balmazújváros District
Native Name:Balmazújvárosi járás
Native Name Lang:hu
Settlement Type:Districts of Hungary
Image Blank Emblem:HUN Balmazújváros Címer.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Hajdú-Bihar
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Balmazújváros
Area Total Km2:827.45
Area Rank:2nd in Hajdú-Bihar
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:30,191
Population Rank:7th in Hajdú-Bihar
Population Density Km2:36

Balmazújváros (Hungarian: Balmazújvárosi járás) is a district in north-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Balmazújváros 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 Hajdúság historical and geographical region.

Geography

Balmazújváros District borders with Mezőcsát District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) and Hajdúnánás District to the north, Hajdúböszörmény District and Debrecen District to the east, Hajdúszoboszló District to the south, Tiszafüred District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balmazújváros District is 5.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 2 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 30,191 and the population density was 36/km2.

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 30,191
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 28,278 persons:

25,928 (91.69%)

1,976 (6.99%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Balmazújváros District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2012.xls A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Balmazújvárosi járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_09
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_09