Gyöngyös District

Gyöngyös (Hungarian: Gyöngyösi járás) is a district in central-western part of Heves County. Gyöngyös is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. This district is a part of Mátra Mountains geographical region.

Gyöngyös District Gyöngyösi járás
District
Coat of arms
Gyöngyös District within Hungary and Heves County.
Country	Hungary
County	Heves
District seat	Gyöngyös
Area
• Total	750.78 km^2 (289.88 sq mi)
• Rank	1st in Heves
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	73,834
• Rank	2nd in Heves
• Density	98/km^2 (250/sq mi)

Geography

Gyöngyös District borders with Bátonyterenye District (Nógrád County) and Pétervására District to the north, Eger District, Füzesabony District and Heves District to the east, Jászberény District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the south, Hatvan District and Pásztó District (Nógrád County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyöngyös District is 24.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 22 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Abasár (2,498)
• Adács (2,690)
• Atkár (1,695)
• Detk (1,158)
• Domoszló (1,988)
• Gyöngyös (32,385) – district seat
• Gyöngyöshalász (2,531)
• Gyöngyösoroszi (1,518)
• Gyöngyöspata (2,472)
• Gyöngyössolymos (2,972)
• Gyöngyöstarján (2,460)
• Halmajugra (1,196)
• Karácsond (3,045)
• Kisnána (993)
• Ludas (809)
• Markaz (1,748)
• Mátraszentimre (465)
• Nagyfüged (1,877)
• Nagyréde (3,091)
• Pálosvörösmart (675)
• Vámosgyörk (1,991)
• Vécs (578)
• Visonta (1,127)
• Visznek (1,082)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Gyöngyös District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (53.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)

  Calvinism (3.6%)

  Lutheranism (0.3%)

  Other religions (1.5%)

  Non-religious (14.5%)

  Atheists (1.2%)

  Undeclared (25.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 73,834 and the population density was 98/km².

Year	County population^[2]	Change
2011	73,834	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000), Slovak (400), German (300) and Romanian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 73,834
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 70,115 persons:

• Hungarians: 65,039 (92.76%)
• Gypsies: 3,564 (5.08%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,512 (2.16%)

Approx. 3,500 persons in Gyöngyös District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 39,722 (Roman Catholic – 39,490; Greek Catholic – 225);
• Reformed – 2,675;
• Evangelical – 214;
• other religions – 1,082;
• Non-religious – 10,725;
• Atheism – 891;
• Undeclared – 18,525.

Gallery

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  Gyöngyös, Town Hall
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  Gyöngyös 1938
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  View of Kékes
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  Ski resort in Mátraszentistván
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  Castle Ruins of Gyöngyöspata
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  Mátra Power Plant near Visonta
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  Saint Bartholomew Church in Gyöngyös

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Gyöngyösi 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 Gyöngyös District

Further reading

• Gyöngyös, Hungary KehilaLink

47°47′00″N 19°58′00″E / 47.7833°N 19.9667°E / 47.7833; 19.9667