Nagykálló ( hu, Nagykállói járás) is a district in southern part of

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 ...

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Nagykálló Nagykálló ( yi, קאלעוו, Kaliv) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Before World War II it belonged to Szabolcs county. Location from county seat Nyíregyháza. Histo ...

'' 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 Nyírség geographical region.

Geography

Nagykálló District borders with

Baktalórántháza District Baktalórántháza ( hu, Baktalórántházai járás) is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Baktalórántháza'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Gr ...

to the northeast,

Nyírbátor District Nyírbátor ( hu, Nyírbátori járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nyírbátor'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Sta ...

and

Nyíradony District Nyíradony ( hu, Nyíradonyi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. '' Nyíradony'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region ...

''(

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,

Debrecen District Debrecen ( hu, Debreceni járás) is a district in central part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Debrecen'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography ...

and

Hajdúhadház District 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 Reg ...

''(Hajdú-Bihar County)'' to the south,

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 ...

to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykálló District is 8.

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 ...

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

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 30,403 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 81/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500) and German (100). Total population (2011 census): 30,403
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,131 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 ...

: 26,504 (94.22%) *

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 ...

: 1,220 (4.34%) *Others and indefinable: 407 (1.45%) Approx. 2,500 persons in Nagykálló 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 – 15,491 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 7,763;

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 ...

– 7,728); * Reformed – 5,607; *

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 ...

– 148; *other religions – 233; *

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 ...

– 1,602; *

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 ...

– 96; *''Undeclared'' – 7,226.

Gallery

File:"Nazarín" en Nagykallo (Hungría), Octubre de 2009.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:House from Kállósemjén.jpg, Traditional house from Kállósemjén File:Balkány gencsy.jpg, Gencsy Mansion in

Balkány Balkány () is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 6,852 people (2002). It lies approximately southeast from Nyíregyháza an ...

File:Nagyboldogasszony-templom és Istenszülő elhunyta-templom, Kállósemjén3.jpg, Aerial view of Kállósemjén

References

External links

Postal codes of the Nagykálló District
Districts in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub