Debrecen District Explained

Debrecen District
Native Name:Debreceni járás
Native Name Lang:hu
Settlement Type:Districts of Hungary
Image Blank Emblem:Coa Hungary Town Debrecen.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Hajdú-Bihar
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Debrecen
Area Total Km2:531.12
Area Rank:7th in Hajdú-Bihar
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:224,228
Population Rank:1st in Hajdú-Bihar
Population Density Km2:423

Debrecen (Hungarian: Debreceni járás) is a district in central part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Debrecen is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography

Debrecen District borders with Hajdúböszörmény District, Hajdúhadház District and Nagykálló District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the north, Nyíradony District to the east, Derecske District to the south, Hajdúszoboszló District and Balmazújváros District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Debrecen District is 2.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 1 town.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 224,448 and the population density was 423/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), German (1,300), Romanian (800), Arab (350), Russian and Ukrainian (300), Bulgarian (200), Rusyn, Slovak, Polish, Armenian, Greek and Serb (100).

Total population (2011 census): 224,448
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 200,417 persons:

190,831 (95.22%)

Approx. 24,000 persons in Debrecen 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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2012.xls A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Berettyóújfalui 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