Fehérgyarmat District | |
Native Name: | Fehérgyarmati járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Fehérgyarmat Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Fehérgyarmat |
Area Total Km2: | 707.37 |
Area Rank: | 2nd in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 37,259 |
Population Rank: | 5th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population Density Km2: | 53 |
Fehérgyarmat (hu|Fehérgyarmati járás) is a district in eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Fehérgyarmat 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 Szatmár historical and geographical region.
Fehérgyarmat District borders with Vásárosnamény District and the Ukrainian oblast of Zakarpattia to the north, Romanian county of Satu Mare to the east, Csenger District to the south, Mátészalka District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Fehérgyarmat District is 50.
The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 47 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 37,259 and the population density was 53/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,500), Ukrainian, Romanian and German (150).
Total population (2011 census): 37,259
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 38,367 persons:
33,254 (86.67%)
4,578 (11.93%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Fehérgyarmat District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]