Nyíradony District | |
Native Name: | Nyíradonyi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Nyíradony Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Hajdú-Bihar |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Nyíradony |
Area Total Km2: | 510.28 |
Area Rank: | 8th in Hajdú-Bihar |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 29,534 |
Population Rank: | 9th in Hajdú-Bihar |
Population Density Km2: | 58 |
Nyíradony (Hungarian: Nyíradonyi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Nyíradony 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 Nyírség geographical region.
Nyíradony District borders with Nagykálló District and Nyírbátor District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the north, the Romanian county of Bihor to the east, Derecske District to the south, Debrecen District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Nyíradony District is 9.
The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 5 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 29,534 and the population density was 58/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500).
Total population (2011 census): 29,534
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 28,679 persons:
26,140 (91.15%)
2,263 (7.89%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Nyíradony District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]