Gyál () is a district in central-southern part of Pest County. '' Gyál'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Gyál District borders with

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to the north, Vecsés District and

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to the east, Dabas District to the south,

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

Municipalities

The district has 2

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, 1 large village and 1 village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 40,853 and the

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was 239/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 550), Romanian (350) and German (250). Total population (2011 census): 40,853
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 36,291 persons: *

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: 34,631 (95.43%) *

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: 549 (1.51%) *Others and indefinable: 1,111 (3.06%) Approx. 3,500 persons in Gyál 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 – 11,869 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 11,425;

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– 442); *

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– 6,383; *

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– 291; *other religions – 1,251; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 7,626; *

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– 573; *''Undeclared'' – 12,860.

Gallery

File:Gyál városközpont.jpg, Downtown of Gyál File:Alsónémedi2.jpg, Aerial view of Alsónémedi File:Premontrei kolostor és tájház légi fotón.jpg, Monastery of

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File:Gyál1.jpg, Aerial view of Gyál

References

External links

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