Nyírbátor District
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Nyírbátor District
Nyírbátori járás | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
District seat | Nyírbátor |
Area | |
• Total | 695.94 km2 (268.70 sq mi) |
• Rank | 3rd in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 43,040 |
• Rank | 4th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
• Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Nyírbátor (Hungarian: Nyírbátori járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Nyírbátor 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 Nyírség geographical region.
Geography
[edit]Nyírbátor District borders with Baktalórántháza District and Mátészalka District to the north, the Romanian county of Satu Mare to the east, Romanian county of Bihor and Nyíradony District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Nagykálló District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Nyírbátor District is 20.
Municipalities
[edit]The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]
- Bátorliget (691)
- Encsencs (1,977)
- Kisléta (1,864)
- Máriapócs (2,155)
- Nyírbátor (12,399) – district seat
- Nyírbéltek (2,990)
- Nyírbogát (3,143)
- Nyírcsászári (1,197)
- Nyírderzs (651)
- Nyírgelse (1,159)
- Nyírgyulaj (2,045)
- Nyírlugos (2,824)
- Nyírmihálydi (2,201)
- Nyírpilis (798)
- Nyírvasvári (1,972)
- Ömböly (411)
- Penészlek (978)
- Piricse (1,810)
- Pócspetri (1,681)
- Terem (611)
The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
Demographics
[edit]In 2011, it had a population of 43,040 and the population density was 62/km2.
Year | County population[2] | Change |
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2011 | 43,040 | n/a |
Ethnicity
[edit]Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 6,000) and Romanian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 43,040
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 44,442 persons:
- Hungarians: 38,353 (86.30%)
- Gypsies: 5,570 (12.53%)
- Others and indefinable: 519 (1.17%)
Approx. 1,500 persons in Nyírbátor District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
[edit]Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]
- Catholic – 21,094 (Greek Catholic – 12,538; Roman Catholic – 8,556);
- Reformed – 11,364;
- Evangelical – 45;
- other religions – 314;
- Non-religious – 2,317;
- Atheism – 105;
- Undeclared – 7,801.
Gallery
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Nyírbátor, the district seat
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Traditional house from Pócspetri
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Aerial view of Nyírmihálydi
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Greek Catholic Pilgrimage Church in Máriapócs
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
- ^ népesség.com, "Nyírbátori járás népessége"
- ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
- ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
External links
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