Cigánd ( hu, Cigándi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ( hu, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye, ; sk, Boršodsko-abovsko-zemplínska) is an administrative county (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''megye)'' in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called "Northern Hungary"), on the bord ...

. The district seat is in a town that is called Cigánd as well. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Cigánd District borders with the

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n region of

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

to the north,

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

''(

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 ...

)'' to the east,

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 ...

and

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

''(Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County)'' to the south,

Sárospatak District Sárospatak ( hu, Sárospataki járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Sárospatak'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistica ...

and Sátoraljaújhely District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Cigánd District is 15.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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, 1 large village and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is city, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 16,042 and the

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was 41/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 3,000). Total population (2011 census): 16,042
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 17,333 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 ...

: 14,606 (84.27%) *

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 ...

: 2,646 (15.27%) *Others and indefinable: 81 (0.47%) Approx. 1,500 persons in Cigánd 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,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 7,958; *Catholic – 3,770 (

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

– 2,510;

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 ...

– 1,260); *other religions – 438; *

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 ...

– 1,419; *

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 ...

– 21; *''Undeclared'' – 2,436.

Gallery

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Ricse Ricse (sometimes erroneously written as Risce) is a village in the Tokaj wine region in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, in Eastern Hungary. Prior to World War II Ricse was home to a thriving Jewish community. The founder of Paramount Pictures, Adolph Z ...

) File:A II.Rákóczi Ferenc Tisza-híd.jpg,

Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. The Tisza be ...

river near Cigánd

References

External links

Postal codes of the Cigánd District
Districts in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{Borsod-geo-stub