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Kisvárda District

Coordinates: 48°15′00″N 22°06′00″E / 48.2500°N 22.1000°E / 48.2500; 22.1000
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Kisvárda District
Kisvárdai járás
Official logo of Kisvárda District
Kisvárda District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Kisvárda District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seatKisvárda
Area
 • Total523.09 km2 (201.97 sq mi)
 • Rank6th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total56,114
 • Rank3rd in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density107/km2 (280/sq mi)

Kisvárda (Hungarian: Kisvárdai járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Kisvárda 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 and Nyírség geographical region.

Geography

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Kisvárda District borders with Záhony District to the north, Vásárosnamény District to the east, Baktalórántháza District to the south, Kemecse District and Ibrány District to the west, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Kisvárda District is 23.

Municipalities

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The district has 3 towns and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

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Religion in Kisvárda District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (42.6%)
  Lutheranism (0.1%)
  Catholic Church (24.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (12.6%)
  Other religions (1.5%)
  Non-religious (3.4%)
  Atheists (0.2%)
  Undeclared (15.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 56,114 and the population density was 107/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 56,114 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,500), Ukrainian (200), Russian and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 56,114
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 54,880 persons:

  • Hungarians: 50,963 (92.86%)
  • Gypsies: 3,250 (5.92%)
  • Others and indefinable: 667 (1.22%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Kisvárda District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Kisvárdai járás népessége"
  3. ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
  4. ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
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