Püspökladány District | |
Native Name: | Püspökladányi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Püspökladány.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Hajdú-Bihar |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Püspökladány |
Area Total Km2: | 729.04 |
Area Rank: | 4th in Hajdú-Bihar |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 40,426 |
Population Rank: | 6th in Hajdú-Bihar |
Population Density Km2: | 55 |
Püspökladány (Hungarian: Püspökladányi járás) is a district in south-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Püspökladány 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 Hajdúság historical and geographical region.
Püspökladány District borders with Hajdúszoboszló District to the north, Derecske District and Berettyóújfalu District to the east, Szeghalom District (Békés County) to the south, Karcag District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Püspökladány District is 12.
The district has 2 towns, 3 large villages and 7 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 40,426 and the population density was 55/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500).
Total population (2011 census): 40,426
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 37,778 persons:
35,227 (93.25%)
2,253 (5.96%)
Approx. 3,000 persons in Püspökladány District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]