Kazincbarcika District | |
Native Name: | Kazincbarcikai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Kazincbarcika Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Kazincbarcika |
Area Total Km2: | 341.70 |
Area Rank: | 12th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 66,470 |
Population Rank: | 2nd in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population Density Km2: | 193 |
Kazincbarcika (Hungarian: Kazincbarcikai járás) is a district in north-western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Kazincbarcika is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Kazincbarcika District borders with Edelény District northeast, Miskolc District to the southeast, Bélapátfalva District (Heves County) to the southwest, Ózd District to the west, Putnok District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Kazincbarcika District is 22.
The district has 3 town, 2 large villages and 17 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 66,470 and the population density was 195/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000), German (350), Polish and Rusyn (150).
Total population (2011 census): 66,470
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 63,350 persons:
58,247 (91.94%)
3,919 (6.18%)
Approx. 3,000 persons in Kazincbarcika District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]