Kisvárda District | |
Native Name: | Kisvárdai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Kisvárda Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Kisvárda |
Area Total Km2: | 523.09 |
Area Rank: | 6th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 56,114 |
Population Rank: | 3rd in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population Density Km2: | 107 |
Kisvárda (Hungarian: Kisvárdai járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Kisvárda 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 and Nyírség geographical region.
Kisvárda District borders with Záhony District to the north, Vásárosnamény District to the east, Baktalórántháza District to the south, Kemecse District and Ibrány District to the west, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Kisvárda District is 23.
The district has 3 towns and 20 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 56,114 and the population density was 107/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,500), Ukrainian (200), Russian and German (100).
Total population (2011 census): 56,114
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 54,880 persons:
50,963 (92.86%)
3,250 (5.92%)
Approx. 1,500 persons in Kisvárda District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]