Záhony District | |
Native Name: | Záhonyi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Záhony Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Záhony |
Area Total Km2: | 145.95 |
Area Rank: | 13th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 18,963 |
Population Rank: | 12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population Density Km2: | 130 |
Záhony (Hungarian: Záhonyi járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Záhony is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Rétköz geographical region.
Záhony District borders with the Ukrainian oblast of Zakarpattia to the northeast, Vásárosnamény District to the southeast, Kisvárda District to the south, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west, the Slovakian region of Košice to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Záhony District is 11.
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 8 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 18,963 and the population density was 130/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and Ukrainian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 18,963
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 19,372 persons:
16,689 (86.15%)
2,420 (12.49%)
Approx. 500 persons in Záhony District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]