Monor District

Monor District Monori járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Monor District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District seat	Monor
Area
• Total	329.81 km2 (127.34 sq mi)
• Rank	9th in Pest
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	64,016
• Rank	10th in Pest
• Density	194/km2 (500/sq mi)

Monor (Hungarian: Monori járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Pest County. Monor is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Monor District borders with Nagykáta District to the northeast, Cegléd District to the southeast, Dabas District to the south, Gyál District to the west, Vecsés District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Monor District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Bénye (1,193)
• Csévharaszt (1,895)
• Gomba (2,951)
• Gyömrő (16,466)
• Káva (664)
• Monor (17,677) – district seat
• Monorierdő (4,116)
• Nyáregyháza (3,693)
• Pánd (2,006)
• Péteri (2,185)
• Pilis (11,498)
• Vasad (1,889)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Monor District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (16.6%)

  Lutheranism (8.7%)

  Catholic Church (23.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.7%)

  Other religions (2.9%)

  Non-religious (16.2%)

  Atheists (1.3%)

  Undeclared (30.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 64,016 and the population density was 194/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	64,016	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,400), Romanian (450), German (400) and Slovak (300).

Total population (2011 census): 64,016
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 58,414 persons:

• Hungarians: 55,071 (94.28%)
• Gypsies: 1,435 (2.46%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,908 (3.27%)

Approx. 5,500 persons in Monor District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 15,471 (Roman Catholic – 15,023; Greek Catholic – 438);
• Reformed – 10,641;
• Evangelical – 5,536;
• other religions – 1,829;
• Non-religious – 10,395;
• Atheism – 852;
• Undeclared – 19,292.

Gallery

• 
  View of Monor
• 
  Landscape near Pilis
• 
  Teleki Mansion in Gyömrő
• 
  Aerial view of Káva

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Monor District