Szolnok District | |
Native Name: | Szolnoki járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Szolnok Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Szolnok |
Area Total Km2: | 914.48 |
Area Rank: | 1st in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 118,241 |
Population Rank: | 1st in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Population Density Km2: | 129 |
Szolnok (hu|Szolnoki járás) is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Szolnok is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Szolnok District borders with Jászberény District and Jászapáti District to the north, Kunhegyes District, Törökszentmiklós District and Mezőtúr District to the east, Kunszentmárton District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Cegléd District and Nagykáta District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szolnok District is 18.
The district has 1 urban county, 4 towns and 13 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 118,241 and the population density was 129/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (600), Russian (250) and Romanian (200).
Total population (2011 census): 118,241
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 106,079 persons:
100,632 (94.87%)
3,108 (2.93%)
Approx. 12,000 persons in Szolnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]