Dunakeszi ( hu, Dunakeszi járás) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. ''

Dunakeszi Dunakeszi () is a city in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is located to the north of Budapest on the left bank of the Danube. Politics The current mayor of Dunakeszi is Csaba Dióssi (Fidesz-KDNP). The local Municipal Asse ...

'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Dunakeszi District borders with

Vác District Vác ( hu, Váci járás) is a district in northern part of Pest County. ''Vác'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Vác District border ...

to the north,

Gödöllő District Gödöllő ( hu, Gödöllői járás) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. ''Gödöllő'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geogra ...

to the east,

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to the south,

Szentendre District Szentendre ( hu, Szentendrei járás) is a district in north-western part of Pest County. ''Szentendre'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Dunakeszi District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 3

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and 1 village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 78,634 and the

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was 763/km².

Ethnicity

Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 800), Roma (550), Slovak (350), Romanian (300) and Russian (150). Total population (2011 census): 78,634
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 70,028 persons: *

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: 66,372 (94.78%) *

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: 804 (1.15%) *Others and indefinable: 2,852 (4.07%) Approx. 8,500 persons in Dunakeszi 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,

' *Catholic – 23,404 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 22,690;

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– 694); *

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– 7,736; *

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– 1,772; *

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– 82; *

Judaism Judaism ( he, ''Yahăḏūṯ'') is an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people. It has its roots as an organized religion in the ...

– 104; *other religions – 1,640; * Non-religious – 15,560; *

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 ...

– 1,950; *''Undeclared'' – 26,386.

Gallery

File:Dunakeszi Városháza.jpg,

, Town Hall File:Hungary, a gödi Duna-part 01.jpg,

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river in

Göd Göd () is a small city in Pest County, Hungary. Location The city is northeast of Budapest. Economy Göd has a thriving tourist trade. It has a thermal spa open almost 365 days a year with water rich in minerals. Along the M2 motorway Göd ...

File:Fót Katholische Kirche 1.JPG, Roman Catholic Church in

Fót Fót is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. Location Fót is about north of the edge of Budapest. The North Hungarian foothills lie to the west. The nearest settlement to the west is Dunakeszi, to the northeast are C ...

File:Csomádi rét.jpg, Landscape near Csomád

References

External links

Postal codes of the Dunakeszi District
Districts in Pest County {{Pest-geo-stub