Mezőcsát District

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Mezőcsát District
Mezőcsáti járás
Official logo of Mezőcsát District
Mezőcsát District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Mezőcsát District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Coordinates: 47°49′N 20°54′E / 47.82°N 20.90°E / 47.82; 20.90Coordinates: 47°49′N 20°54′E / 47.82°N 20.90°E / 47.82; 20.90
Country Hungary
CountyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seatMezőcsát
Area
 • Total351.27 km2 (135.63 sq mi)
Area rank11th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total14,446
 • Rank15th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)

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

Geography[]

Mezőcsát District borders with Miskolc District and Tiszaújváros District to the north, Hajdúnánás District and Balmazújváros District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east and south, Mezőkövesd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőcsát District is 8.

Municipalities[]

The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics[]

Religion in Mezőcsát District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (43.2%)
  Catholic Church (25.1%)
  Greek Catholicism (1.0%)
  Other religions (1.4%)
  Non-religious (9.7%)
  Atheists (0.3%)
  Undeclared (19.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 14,446 and the population density was 41/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 14,446 n/a

Ethnicity[]

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 14,446
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 14,393 persons:

  • Hungarians: 12,884 (89.52%)
  • Gypsies: 1,376 (9.56%)
  • Others and indefinable: 133 (0.92%)

Approx. 50 persons in Mezőcsát District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion[]

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

Gallery[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Mezőcsáti 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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