Encs ( hu, Encsi járás) is a district in northern part of

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

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

Geography

Encs District borders with the

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n region of Košice to the north,

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

to the east and south,

Szikszó District Szikszó ( hu, Szikszói járás) is a district in central-northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. '' Szikszó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Reg ...

and

Edelény District Edelény ( hu, Edelényi járás) is a district in northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Edelény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Ge ...

to the south and west. The number of the inhabited places in Encs District is 29.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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and 28 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 21,390 and the

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was 56/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 5,000). Total population (2011 census): 21,390
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 25,108 persons: *

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: 19,862 (79.11%) *

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: 4,973 (19.81%) *Others and indefinable: 273 (1.09%) Approx. 4,000 persons in Encs 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 – 13,537 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 11,519;

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– 2,013); * Reformed – 3,371; *

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– 277; *other religions – 172; *

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– 868; * Atheism – 41; *''Undeclared'' – 3,124.

Gallery

File:Encs - Temple.jpg, Encs, the ''district seat'' File:PusztaradvanyPallavicini.JPG, Pallavicini Mansion in Pusztaradvány File:Forró falu2.jpg, Aerial view of

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File:Az ináncsi rk. Nagy Szent Teréz templom.JPG, St. Teresa Church in

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References

External links

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