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Tokaj District

Coordinates: 48°10′00″N 21°22′00″E / 48.1667°N 21.3667°E / 48.1667; 21.3667
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Tokaj District
Tokaji járás
Official logo of Tokaj District
Tokaj District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Tokaj District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country Hungary
CountyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seatTokaj
Area
 • Total255.81 km2 (98.77 sq mi)
 • Rank15th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total13,331
 • Rank16th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)

Tokaj (Hungarian: Tokaji járás) is a district in eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Tokaj is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

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Tokaj District borders with Gönc District to the north, Sárospatak District and Nyíregyháza District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the east, Tiszavasvári District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Szerencs District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tokaj District is 11.

Municipalities

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The district has 1 town and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

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Religion in Tokaj District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (34.9%)
  Calvinism (25.8%)
  Lutheranism (0.3%)
  Other religions (0.7%)
  Non-religious (8.2%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (21.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 13,331 and the population density was 52/km2.

Year County population[2] Change
2011 13,331 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 650).

Total population (2011 census): 13,331
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 12,653 persons:

Approx. 500 persons in Tokaj 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 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Tokaji 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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48°10′00″N 21°22′00″E / 48.1667°N 21.3667°E / 48.1667; 21.3667