Szigetszentmiklós District Explained

Szigetszentmiklós District
Native Name:Szigetszentmiklósi járás
Native Name Lang:hu
Settlement Type:Districts of Hungary
Image Blank Emblem:HUN Szigetszentmiklós Címer.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Pest
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Szigetszentmiklós
Area Total Km2:211.28
Area Rank:13th in Pest
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:110,448
Population Rank:3rd in Pest
Population Density Km2:523

Szigetszentmiklós (Hungarian: Szigetszentmiklósi járás) is a district in south-western part of Pest County. Szigetszentmiklós is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Szigetszentmiklós District borders with Budapest to the north, Gyál District and Dabas District to the east, Ráckeve District to the south, Érd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szigetszentmiklós District is 9.

Municipalities

The district has 6 towns, 1 large village and 2 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 110,448 and the population density was 523/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,700), Roma (1,300), Slovak (1,100), Romanian (550), Croat (350), Bulgarian (250), Serb and Russian (200), Slovak (100).

Total population (2011 census): 110,448
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 100,804 persons:

92,788 (92.05%)

3,708 (3.68%)

1,270 (1.26%)

Approx. 9,500 persons in Szigetszentmiklós District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2013.xls A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Szigetszentmiklósi járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_13
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_13