Berettyóújfalu District

Berettyóújfalu (Hungarian: Berettyóújfalui járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Berettyóújfalu 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 Bihar historical and geographical region.

Berettyóújfalu District Berettyóújfalui járás
Districts of Hungary
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Berettyóújfalu District within Hungary and Hajdú-Bihar County.
Country	Hungary
County	Hajdú-Bihar
District seat	Berettyóújfalu
Area
• Total	1,073.90 km^2 (414.64 sq mi)
• Rank	1st in Hajdú-Bihar
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	44,995
• Rank	2nd in Hajdú-Bihar
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)

Geography

Berettyóújfalu District borders with Derecske District to the north, the Romanian county of Bihor to the east, Sarkad District (Békés County) to the south, Szeghalom District (Békés County) and Püspökladány District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Berettyóújfalu District is 25.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Ártánd (502)
• Bakonszeg (1,160)
• Bedő (252)
• Berekböszörmény (1,749)
• Berettyóújfalu (15,167) – district seat
• Biharkeresztes (4,149)
• Bojt (489)
• Csökmő (1,756)
• Darvas (527)
• Furta (1,136)
• Gáborján (876)
• Hencida (1,275)
• Komádi (5,172)
• Körösszakál (814)
• Körösszegapáti (882)
• Magyarhomorog (868)
• Mezőpeterd (533)
• Mezősas (591)
• Nagykereki (1,205)
• Szentpéterszeg (1,101)
• Told (310)
• Újiráz (505)
• Váncsod (1,221)
• Vekerd (112)
• Zsáka (1,544)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Berettyóújfalu District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (43.1%)

  Lutheranism (0.2%)

  Catholic Church (6.6%)

  Greek Catholicism (1.1%)

  Orthodoxy (1.4%)

  Other religions (1.5%)

  Non-religious (21.6%)

  Atheists (0.6%)

  Undeclared (23.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 44,995 and the population density was 36/km².

Year	County population^[2]	Change
2011	44,995	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), Romanian (1,000) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 44,995
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 42,143 persons:

• Hungarians: 38,009 (90.19%)
• Gypsies: 2,694 (6.39%)
• Romanians: 1,111 (2.64%)
• Others and indefinable: 329 (0.78%)

Approx. 3,000 persons in Berettyóújfalu District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Reformed – 19,399;
• Catholic – 3,480 (Roman Catholic – 2,996; Greek Catholic – 484);
• Orthodox – 618;
• Evangelical – 86;
• other religions – 675;
• Non-religious – 9,703;
• Atheism – 262;
• Undeclared – 10,772.

Gallery

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  Berettyóújfalu, the district seat
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  Rédely Mansion in Zsáka
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  Csonkatorony from above (Herpály)
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  Reformed Church in Biharkeresztes

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Berettyóújfalui 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]

External links

• Postal codes of the Berettyóújfalu District

47°09′00″N 21°34′00″E / 47.1500°N 21.5667°E / 47.1500; 21.5667