Szob District | |
Native Name: | Szobi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Szob Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Pest |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Szob |
Area Total Km2: | 438.32 |
Area Rank: | 5th in Pest |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 24,875 |
Population Rank: | 18th in Pest |
Population Density Km2: | 57 |
Szob (hu|Szobi járás) is a district in northern part of Pest County. Szob is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.
Szob District borders with the Slovakian region of Nitra to the north and west, Balassagyarmat District, Rétság District (Nógrád County) and Vác District to the east, Szentendre District to the south, Esztergom District (Komárom-Esztergom County) to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Szob District is 17.
The district has 2 towns and 15 villages.[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 24,875 and the population density was 57/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 900), Roma (500) and Slovak (100).
Total population (2011 census): 24,875
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 23,598 persons:
21,716 (92.02%)
865 (3.67%)
515 (2.18%)
Approx. 1,000 persons in Szob District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]