Edelény ( hu, Edelényi 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 (Counties of Hungary, comitatus or ''megye)'' in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called "Northern Hungary"), on the bord ...

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Edelény Edelény is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the valley of Bódva River, north of the county seat, Miskolc. The historic L'Huillier-Coburg Palace is located there. History The area has been inhabited since ...

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

Geography

Edelény 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,

Encs District Encs ( hu, Encsi járás) is a district in northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. '' 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 En ...

and

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, Northern Hungary ...

to the east,

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

to the south,

Kazincbarcika District Kazincbarcika ( hu, Kazincbarcikai járás) is a district in north-western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Kazincbarcika'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Nort ...

and Putnok District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Edelény District is 45.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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and 43 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 33,314 and the

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was 46/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 6,000), Polish and Rusyn (150) and German (130). Total population (2011 census): 33,314
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 36,295 persons: *

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: 29,602 (81.56%) *

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: 6,052 (16.67%) *Others and indefinable: 641 (1.77%) Approx. 3,000 persons in Edelény 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 – 17,695 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 15,213;

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– 2,480); *

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– 6,666; *other religions – 308; *

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 ...

– 2,251; *

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– 120; *''Undeclared'' – 6,274.

Gallery

File:L'Huillier-Coburg Palace.jpg,

L'Huillier-Coburg Palace L'Huillier-Coburg Palace in Edelény is the seventh largest palace in Hungary. This prominent example of early Baroque architecture was built between 1716 and 1730 by Jean-Francois L'Huillier, who originated from Alsace-Lorraine, France. In 172 ...

File:Szendrő Castle.jpg, Ruins of Szendrő Castle File:Rakaca 001.jpg, Reservoir near Rakaca File:TornaszentandrasFotoThalerTamas560.jpg, St. Andrew Church in Tornaszentandrás

References

External links

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