Tiszaújváros District

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

Tiszaújváros District Tiszaújvárosi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Tiszaújváros District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country	Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat	Tiszaújváros
Area
• Total	248.87 km^2 (96.09 sq mi)
• Rank	16th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	31,842
• Rank	7th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density	128/km^2 (330/sq mi)

Geography

Tiszaújváros District borders with Szerencs District to the northeast, Tiszavasvári District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) and Hajdúnánás District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Mezőcsát District to the south, Miskolc District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszaújváros District is 16.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Girincs (917)
• Hejőbába (1,927)
• Hejőkeresztúr (948)
• Hejőkürt (315)
• Hejőszalonta (836)
• Kesznyéten (1,900)
• Kiscsécs (207)
• Muhi (533)
• Nagycsécs (776)
• Nemesbikk (995)
• Oszlár (392)
• Sajóörös (1,343)
• Sajószöged (2,265)
• Szakáld (519)
• Tiszapalkonya (1,407)
• Tiszaújváros (16,557) – district seat

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Tiszaújváros District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (29.7%)

  Greek Catholicism (3.5%)

  Calvinism (18.0%)

  Lutheranism (0.2%)

  Other religions (0.9%)

  Non-religious (17.2%)

  Atheists (1.1%)

  Undeclared (29.4%)

In 2011, it had a population of 31,842 and the population density was 128/km².

Year	County population^[2]	Change
2011	31,842	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000) and German (150).

Total population (2011 census): 31,842
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 29,552 persons:

• Hungarians: 27,032 (91.47%)
• Gypsies: 1,955 (6.62%)
• Others and indefinable: 565 (1.91%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Tiszaújváros District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 10,549 (Roman Catholic – 9,443; Greek Catholic – 1,102);
• Reformed – 5,746;
• Evangelical – 55;
• other religions – 295;
• Non-religious – 5,479;
• Atheism – 338;
• Undeclared – 9,380.

Gallery

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  Tiszaújváros, the district seat

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  Conflux of the Tisza and Sajó river near Tiszaújváros

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  Dőry Mansion in Girincs

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  Memorial park near Muhi

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Tiszaújvárosi 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 Tiszaújváros District

Coordinates: 47°56′00″N 21°00′00″E / 47.9333°N 21.0000°E / 47.9333; 21.0000