Cigánd District | |
Native Name: | Cigándi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Cigánd Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Cigánd |
Area Total Km2: | 389.99 |
Area Rank: | 8th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 16,042 |
Population Rank: | 14th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population Density Km2: | 41 |
Cigánd (hu|Cigándi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. The district seat is in a town that is called Cigánd as well. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Cigánd District borders with the Slovakian region of Košice to the north, Záhony District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the east, Kisvárda District and Ibrány District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Sárospatak District and Sátoraljaújhely District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Cigánd District is 15.
The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 13 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.
In 2011, it had a population of 16,042 and the population density was 41/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 3,000).
Total population (2011 census): 16,042
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 17,333 persons:
14,606 (84.27%)
2,646 (15.27%)
Approx. 1,500 persons in Cigánd District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]