Hajdúnánás ( hu, Hajdúnánási járás) is a district in north-western 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 ...

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Hajdúnánás Hajdúnánás is a town in Hajdú-Bihar County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 17,172 people (2015). Racetrack On 21 June 2020, it was confirmed that Hungary will bui ...

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

Hajdúság Hajdúság is a historical and geographical region in Hungary, located in the Great Hungarian Plain around Debrecen. It consists of six ''hajdú towns'' ( hu, hajdúvárosok), named Hajdúböszörmény, Hajdúdorog, Hajdúnánás, Hajdúhadház, ...

historical and geographical region.

Geography

Hajdúnánás District borders with Tiszavasvári District ''(

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,

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 ...

to the southeast,

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 south,

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

and

Tiszaújváros District Tiszaújváros ( hu, Tiszaújvárosi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Tiszaújváros'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary S ...

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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 ...

)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Hajdúnánás District is 6.

Municipalities

The district has 2

towns 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 ...

and 4 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 29,614 and the

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was 54/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,000) and German (100). Total population (2011 census): 29,614
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 26,934 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 ...

: 25,755 (95.62%) *

Gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

: 851 (3.16%) *Others and indefinable: 328 (1.22%) Approx. 3,000 persons in Hajdúnánás 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 – 6,698 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 6,141;

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– 555); *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change Reform may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine *''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...

– 6,463; *other religions – 268; *

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 ...

– 8,833; *

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 ...

– 219; *''Undeclared'' – 7,133.

Gallery

File:Református templom légifotó, Hajdúnánás4.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Újtikos légi fotó.jpg, Aerial view of Újtikos File:Keleti-főcsatorna bridge Hajdúnánás.jpg, Bridge over Keleti Canal near Hajdúnánás File:Folyás romtemplom.jpg, Church ruins of Folyvás

References

External links

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