Kemecse District | |
Native Name: | Kemecsei járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Kemecse Címer1.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Kemecse |
Area Total Km2: | 246.41 |
Area Rank: | 12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 22,066 |
Population Rank: | 10th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population Density Km2: | 90 |
Kemecse (Hungarian: Kemecsei járás) is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Kemecse 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 Rétköz geographical region.
Kemecse District borders with Kisvárda District to the northeast, Baktalórántháza District to the southeast, Nyíregyháza District to the south, Ibrány District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kemecse District is 11.
The district has 2 towns and 9 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 22,066 and the population density was 90/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,000).
Total population (2011 census): 22,066
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 21,663 persons:
19,597 (90.46%)
1,900 (8.77%)
Approx. 500 persons in Kemecse District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]