Mezőcsát District | |
Native Name: | Mezőcsáti járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Mezőcsát Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Mezőcsát |
Area Total Km2: | 351.27 |
Area Rank: | 11th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 14,446 |
Population Rank: | 15th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population Density Km2: | 41 |
Mezőcsát (Hungarian: Mezőcsáti járás) is a district in southern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Mezőcsát is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Mezőcsát District borders with Miskolc District and Tiszaújváros District to the north, Hajdúnánás District and Balmazújváros District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east and south, Mezőkövesd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőcsát District is 8.
The district has 1 town and 7 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is the city.
In 2011, it had a population of 14,446 and the population density was 41/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500).
Total population (2011 census): 14,446
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 14,393 persons:
12,884 (89.52%)
1,376 (9.56%)
Approx. 50 persons in Mezőcsát District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]