Debrecen ( hu, Debreceni járás) is a district in central part of

Hajdú-Bihar County Hajdú-Bihar ( hu, Hajdú-Bihar megye, ) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Jász-Nag ...

. ''

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and i ...

'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography

Debrecen District borders with

Hajdúböszörmény District Hajdúböszörmény ( hu, Hajdúböszörményi járás) is a district in northern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. '' Hajdúböszörmény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Pl ...

Hajdúhadház District Hajdúhadház ( hu, Hajdúhadházi járás) is a district in northern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Hajdúhadház'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Reg ...

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 ...

''(

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 north,

Nyíradony District Nyíradony ( hu, Nyíradonyi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. '' Nyíradony'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region ...

to the east,

Derecske District Derecske ( hu, Derecskei járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Derecske'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. G ...

to the south,

Hajdúszoboszló District Hajdúszoboszló ( hu, Hajdúszoboszlói járás) is a district in western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Hajdúszoboszló'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Norther ...

and

Balmazújváros District Balmazújváros ( hu, Balmazújvárosi járás) is a district in north-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Balmazújváros'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Nort ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Debrecen District is 2.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 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 ...

. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 224,448 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

was 423/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), German (1,300), Romanian (800), Arab (350), Russian and Ukrainian (300), Bulgarian (200), Rusyn, Slovak, Polish, Armenian, Greek and Serb (100). Total population (2011 census): 224,448
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 200,417 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 ...

: 190,831 (95.22%) *Others and indefinable: 9,586 (4.78%) Approx. 24,000 persons in Debrecen District did not declare their 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 – 56,252; *Catholic – 35,782 (

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 ...

– 24,422;

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 ...

– 11,339); *

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 ...

– 820; *other religions – 5,571; *

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 ...

– 58,858; *

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 ...

– 3,975; *''Undeclared'' – 63,190.

Gallery

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, the ''Calvinist Rome'' File:Piac Street, DebrecenDowntown.jpg, Downtown of Debrecen File:Debrecen-egyetem2.jpg, Main facede of

University of Debrecen ThUniversity of Debrecen( hu, Debreceni Egyetem) is a university located in Debrecen, Hungary. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest continuously operating institution of higher education in Hungary ever since its ...

File:Facade of Great Protestant Church of Debrecen.jpg,

Reformed Great Church of Debrecen The Reformed Great Church or Great Reformed Church in Debrecen ( hu, debreceni református nagytemplom) is located in the city of Debrecen. It stands in the city centre, between Kossuth square and Kálvin square. It is the symbol of the Protestant ...

File:Békás-tó, 2015 Debrecen25.jpg, Nagyerdő File:Hajdúsámson1.jpg, Aerial view of Hajdúsámson File:Debrecen csokonai szinhaz.jpg, Csokonai Theatre (Debrecen) File:Déri Múzeum (5226. számú műemlék) 6.jpg, Déri Museum (Debrecen)

References

External links

Postal codes of the Debrecen District
Districts in Hajdú-Bihar County {{Hajdu-geo-stub