Tiszavasvári District | |
Native Name: | Tiszavasvári járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Tiszavasvári Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Tiszavasvári |
Area Total Km2: | 381.61 |
Area Rank: | 7th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 27,684 |
Population Rank: | 8th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population Density Km2: | 73 |
Tiszavasvári (Hungarian: Tiszavasvári járás) is a district in western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Tiszavasvári is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Tiszavasvári District borders with Szerencs District and Tokaj District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the northwest and north, Nyíregyháza District to the north and east, Hajdúböszörmény District and Hajdúnánás District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Tiszaújváros District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszavasvári District is 6.
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 3 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.
In 2011, it had a population of 27,684 and the population density was 73/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000) and German (150).
Total population (2011 census): 27,684
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 27,812 persons:
23,876 (85.85%)
3,561 (12.80%)
Approx. 150 persons in Tiszavasvári District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]