Nagykáta District | |
Native Name: | Nagykátai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Nagykáta.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Pest |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Nagykáta |
Area Total Km2: | 710.12 |
Area Rank: | 2nd in Pest |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 73,959 |
Population Rank: | 8th in Pest |
Population Density Km2: | 104 |
Nagykáta (Hungarian: Nagykátai járás) is a district in eastern part of Pest County. Nagykáta is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.
Nagykáta District borders with Jászberény District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the northeast, Szolnok District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Cegléd District to the south, Monor District and Vecsés District to the southwest, Aszód District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykáta District is 15.
The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 10 villages (population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 73,959 and the population density was 104/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,250), German and Romanian (275).
Total population (2011 census): 73,959
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 67,414 persons:
64,033 (94.98%)
2,233 (3.31%)
Approx. 5,500 persons in Nagykáta District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]