Miskolc District | |
Native Name: | Miskolci járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Miskolc Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Miskolc |
Area Total Km2: | 972.80 |
Area Rank: | 1st in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 250,530 |
Population Rank: | 1st in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population Density Km2: | 258 |
Miskolc (Hungarian: Miskolci járás) is a district in central-western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Miskolc is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Miskolc District borders with Kazincbarcika District, Edelény District and Szikszó District to the north, Szerencs District and Tiszaújváros District to the east, Mezőcsát District to the south, Mezőkövesd District to the southwest, Eger District and Bélapátfalva District (Heves County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Miskolc District is 39.
The district has 1 urban county, 6 towns, 1 large village and 31 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.
In 2011, it had a population of 250,530 and the population density was 258/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 12,500), German (1,200), Slovak (1,000), Rusyn and Romanian (300), Polish, Russian and Bulgarian (200), Greek and Ukrainian (150) and Arab (100).
Total population (2011 census): 250,530
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 232,864 persons:
215,090 (92.37%)
12,061 (5.18%)
Approx. 18,000 persons in Miskolc District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]