Komárom ( hu, Komáromi járás) is a district in north-western part of

Komárom-Esztergom County Komárom-Esztergom ( hu, Komárom-Esztergom megye, ; german: Komitat Komorn-Gran; sk, Komárňansko-ostrihomská župa) is an administrative Hungarian county in Central Transdanubia Region; its shares its northern border the Danube with Slova ...

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Komárom Komárom (Hungarian: ; german: Komorn; la, Brigetio, later ; sk, Komárno) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárno, Slovakia, is on the northern bank. Komárom was formerly a separate villag ...

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

Geography

Komárom District borders with the

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n region of

Nitra Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth la ...

to the north,

Tata District Tata ( hu, Tatai járás) is a district in northern part of Komárom-Esztergom County. '' Tata'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Ta ...

to the east,

Oroszlány District Oroszlány ( hu, Oroszlányi járás) is a district in southern part of Komárom-Esztergom County. ''Oroszlány'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia, Central Transdanub ...

and

Kisbér District Kisbér ( hu, Kisbéri járás) is a district in south-western part of Komárom-Esztergom County. ''Kisbér'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. ...

to the south,

Győr District Győr ( hu, Győri járás) is a district in eastern part of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. ''Győr'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography G ...

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Győr-Moson-Sopron County Győr-Moson-Sopron ( hu, Győr-Moson-Sopron megye, ; german: Komitat Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg; sk, Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or '' megye'') in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia ( ...

)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Komárom District is 9.

Municipalities

The district has 3

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, 1 large village and 5 villages (ordered alphabetically, as of 1 January 2013): The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 39,863 and the

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was 105/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 350), German (250) and Slovak (150). Total population (2011 census): 39,863
Ethnic groups (2011 census): *

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 ...

: 34,121 (96.72%) *

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: 352 (1.00%) *Others and indefinable: 806 (2.28%) *Did not declare their ethnic group: approx. 4,500 persons

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 13,637 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 13,489;

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– 141); *

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 ...

– 7,013; *

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– 427; *other religions – 427; *

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 ...

– 6,496; *

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 ...

– 441; *''Undeclared'' – 11,422.

References

External links

Postal codes of the Komárom District
Districts in Komárom-Esztergom County {{Komarom-geo-stub