Miskolc ( hu, Miskolci járás) is a district in central-western 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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Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...

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

Geography

Miskolc District borders with

Kazincbarcika District Kazincbarcika ( hu, Kazincbarcikai járás) is a district in north-western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Kazincbarcika'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Nort ...

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

and

Szikszó District Szikszó ( hu, Szikszói járás) is a district in central-northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. '' Szikszó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Reg ...

to the north,

Szerencs District Szerencs ( hu, Szerencsi járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Szerencs'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Regio ...

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 east, Mezőcsát District to the 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 southwest,

Eger District Eger ( hu, Egri járás) is a district in eastern part of Heves County. ''Eger'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. This district lies between of Bükk ...

and

Bélapátfalva District Bélapátfalva ( hu, Bélapátfalvai járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Heves County. '' Bélapátfalva'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Reg ...

''(

Heves County Heves county ( hu, Heves megye, ) lies in northern Hungary, between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Jász-Nagykun-S ...

)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Miskolc District is 39.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 6

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 ...

, 1 large village and 31 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 250,530 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

was 258/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 12,500), German (1,200), Slovak (1,000), Rusyn and Romanian (300), Polish, Russian and Bulgarian (200), Greek and Ukrainian (150) and Arab (100). Total population (2011 census): 250,530
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 232,864 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 ...

: 215,090 (92.37%) *

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 ...

: 12,061 (5.18%) *Others and indefinable: 5,713 (2.45%) Approx. 18,000 persons in Miskolc 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 – 90,927 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 80,143;

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 ...

– 10,765); *

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 ...

– 44,505; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

– 1,925; *other religions – 4,215; *

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 ...

– 35,919; *

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 ...

– 3,197; *''Undeclared'' – 69,842.

Gallery

File:Megyeszékhely - Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye - Miskolc.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Lilla fromszeleta1.jpg, Aerial view of

Lillafüred Lillafüred (Miskolc-Lillafüred) is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. Officially, it is a part of Miskolc, though it is almost 12 kilometres away from the city, in the Bükk Mountains. Lillafüred is a tourist resort. Hist ...

File:Nyékládháza, római katolikus templom.jpg, View of

Nyékládháza Nyékládháza is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, northern Hungary, from county capital Miskolc. History The area has been inhabited since ancient times; archaeological finds include an Avar cemetery. The villages Mezőnyék and ...

File:Diósgyőri vár 2016.jpg, Diósgyőr Castle File:Szinva Terrace 2.jpg,

Szinva Terrace The Szinva Terrace ( hu, Szinva terasz) is the newest public square in Miskolc city centre, Hungary, next to the stream Szinva which runs through the city. The square was constructed in autumn 2005 in place of a parking lot, as a part of the reco ...

File:NewCityHall Miskolc.jpg, Town Hall in Miskolc File:Ónod - Castle.jpg, Ónod Castle File:Miskolci Kocsonyafesztivál - 2015.02.07 (35).JPG, Meat-jelly Festival

References

External links

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