Hajdúhadház ( hu, Hajdúhadházi járás) is a district in northern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. '' Hajdúhadház'' 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

Hajdúhadház District borders with

Nyíregyháza District Nyíregyháza ( hu, Nyíregyházi járás) is a district in western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nyíregyháza'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statis ...

and

Nagykálló District Nagykálló ( hu, Nagykállói járás) is a district in southern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nagykálló'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statisti ...

''( Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County)'' to the north, Debrecen District to the east and south,

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 Pla ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Hajdúhadház District is 3.

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

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 22,183 and the

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was 162/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500). Total population (2011 census): 22,183
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 22,195 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 ...

: 19,661 (88.58%) * Gypsies: 2,280 (10.27%) *Others and indefinable: 254 (1.14%) Approx. 50 persons in Hajdúhadház 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,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 6,972; *Catholic – 2,462 (

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

– 1,413;

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– 1,049); *other religions – 1,061; * Non-religious – 6,498; *

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 ...

– 188; *''Undeclared'' – 5,002.

Gallery

File:Park ABC2.jpg, Hajdúhadház, the ''district seat'' File:Téglás légifotó.jpg, Degenfeld Mansion in Téglás File:Bocskaikert légi fotó.jpg, Aerial view of

Bocskaikert Bocskaikert is a village situated in the north-east part of Hungary, away from Debrecen, the country's second largest town. Administratively it belongs to Hajdú-Bihar County. History The oldest extant documents about the settlement are date ...

File:Hajdúhadház Reformatus Nagytemplom, 2012.jpg, Reformed Great Church of Hajdúhadház

References

External links

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