Mezőcsát ( hu, Mezőcsáti járás) is a district in southern 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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Mezőcsát Mezőcsát is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 35 kilometers from county capital Miskolc. History The area has been inhabited since ancient times. In 1067 a monastery was founded here. At this time the village wa ...

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

Geography

Mezőcsát District borders with

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. ...

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 ...

to the north, Hajdúnánás District and

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 ...

''(

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 ...

)'' to the east and south,

Mezőkövesd District Mezőkövesd ( hu, Mezőkövesdi járás) is a district in south-western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Mezőkövesd'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statist ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőcsát District is 8.

Municipalities

The district has 1

town 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 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 14,446 and the

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was 41/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500). Total population (2011 census): 14,446
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 14,393 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 ...

: 12,884 (89.52%) *

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 ...

: 1,376 (9.56%) *Others and indefinable: 133 (0.92%) Approx. 50 persons in Mezőcsát 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,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 6,239; *Catholic – 3,764 (

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 ...

– 3,625;

Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...

– 139); *other religions – 211; *

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 ...

– 1,396; *

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 ...

– 53; *''Undeclared'' – 2,783.

Gallery

File:Mezőcsát légifotó.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Dobozy-kastély (2893. számú műemlék) 3.jpg, Dobozy Mansion in Mezőcsát File:Tiszatarján légi fotó.jpg, Aerial view of Tiszatarján File:Református templom 2017, Geleji pihenőhely2.jpg, Reformed Church in Gelej

References

External links

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