Vác District | |
Native Name: | Váci járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Vác Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Pest |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Vác |
Area Total Km2: | 362.19 |
Area Rank: | 7th in Pest |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 68,234 |
Population Rank: | 9th in Pest |
Population Density Km2: | 188 |
Vác (Hungarian: Váci járás) is a district in northern part of Pest County. Vác is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.
Vác District borders with Rétság District and Balassagyarmat District (Nógrád County) to the north, Pásztó District (Nógrád County) and Aszód District to the east, Gödöllő District and Dunakeszi District to the south, Szentendre District and Szob District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Vác District is 18.
The district has 2 towns and 16 village.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 68,234 and the population density was 188/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,100), Slovak (1,000), German (650) and Romanian (200).
Total population (2011 census): 68,234
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 62,694 persons:
58,696 (93.62%)
1,135 (1.81%)
989 (1.58%)
659 (1.05%)
Approx. 5,500 persons in Vác District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]