Baktalórántháza ( hu, Baktalórántházai járás) is a district in central part of

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg ( hu, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye, ) is an administrative county (Hungarian: ''megye'') in north-eastern Hungary, bordering Slovakia (Košice Region), Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast), and Romania ( Bihor and Satu Mare cou ...

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Baktalórántháza Baktalórántháza is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 3,987 people (2015). History Baktalórántháza has been settled sinc ...

'' 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

Baktalórántháza District borders with

Kisvárda District Kisvárda ( hu, Kisvárdai járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Kisvárda'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Regi ...

to the north, Vásárosnamény District and

Mátészalka District Mátészalka ( hu, Mátészalkai járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Mátészalka'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plai ...

to the east,

Nyírbátor District Nyírbátor ( hu, 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 Sta ...

and

Nagykálló District Nagykálló ( hu, Nagykállói járás) is a district in southern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nagykálló'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statisti ...

to the south,

Nyíregyháza District Nyíregyháza ( hu, Nyíregyházi járás) is a district in western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nyíregyháza'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statis ...

and

Kemecse District Kemecse ( hu, Kemecsei járás) is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Kemecse'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. Thi ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Baktalórántháza District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 1

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

, 1 large village and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is city, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 19,123 and the

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was 75/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,000). Total population (2011 census): 19,123
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 19,254 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

: 17,144 (89.04%) *

Gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

: 1,942 (10.09%) *Others and indefinable: 168 (0.87%) Approx. 150 persons in Baktalórántháza District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 7,893 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 4,302;

Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...

– 3,590); *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change Reform may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine *''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...

– 6,893; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

– 44; *other religions – 334; *

Non-religious Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and anti ...

– 565; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

– 20; *''Undeclared'' – 3,374.

Gallery

File:Baktalórántháza - Palace.jpg, Dégenfeld Mansion in

File:Ófehértó légifotó.jpg, Aerial view of Ófehértó File:Ramocsaháza katolikus templom.JPG, Catholic Church of

Ramocsaháza Ramocsaháza is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Jews lived in Ramocsaháza for many years until they were murdered in the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the ...

File:Levelek légifotó.jpg, Molnár Mansion in Levelek

References

External links

Postal codes of the Baktalórántháza District
Districts in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub