Sárospatak District | |
Native Name: | Sárospataki járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Sárospatak Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Sárospatak |
Area Total Km2: | 477.67 |
Area Rank: | 5th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 24,946 |
Population Rank: | 8th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population Density Km2: | 52 |
Sárospatak (Hungarian: Sárospataki járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Sárospatak is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Sárospatak District borders with Sátoraljaújhely District to the north, Cigánd District to the east, Ibrány District and Nyíregyháza District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Tokaj District and Gönc District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Sárospatak District is 16.
The district has 1 town and 15 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is the city.
In 2011, it had a population of 24,946 and the population density was 52/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500), German (650) and Rusyn (350).
Total population (2011 census): 24,946
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 23,789 persons:
21,009 (88.31%)
1,502 (6.31%)
629 (2.64%)
359 (1.51%)
Approx. 1,000 people in Sárospatak District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]