Nyíregyháza ( hu, Nyíregyházi járás) is a district in western 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 coun ...

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Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, sk, Níreďháza) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in ...

'' 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

Nyíregyháza District borders with

Sárospatak District Sárospatak ( hu, Sárospataki járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. '' Sárospatak'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistic ...

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Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén ( hu, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye, ; sk, Boršodsko-abovsko-zemplínska) is an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye)'' in north-eastern Hungary (commonly called "Northern Hungary"), on the border with Slovakia ( K ...

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

and

Kemecse District Kemecse ( hu, Kemecsei járás) is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Kemecse'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. Thi ...

to the north,

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 ...

and Nagykálló District to the east,

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 ...

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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 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 Pl ...

''(Hajdú-Bihar County)'' and Tiszavasvári District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Nyíregyháza District is 15.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 3

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 11 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 168,118 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), 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 ...

was 208/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000), German (1,000), Ukrainian (500), Romanian and Russian (400), Slovak (250), Rusyn and Chinese (150) and Polish (100). Total population (2011 census): 168,118
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 154,055 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 ...

: 145,836 (94.66%) *

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 ...

: 4,041 (2.62%) *Others and indefinable: 4,178 (2.71%) Approx. 14,000 persons in Nyíregyháza 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 – 61,853 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 40,165;

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 ...

– 21,678); * Reformed – 27,914; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...

– 10,039; *other religions – 3,076; *

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 ant ...

– 19,125; * Atheism – 1,450; *''Undeclared'' – 44,661.

Gallery

File:Town Hall, Kossuth Square, Nyiregyháza.jpg, Downtown of

File:Szabolcs-Earthwork.jpg, Earthfort of Szabolcs File:Nyírtelek, VEGA-M surface-to-air missile-2.jpg, Defence Memorial Park in Nyírtelek File:Újfehértó látkép.jpg, View of

Újfehértó Újfehértó (Yiddish, german: Ratzfert) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. History By 1920, the Jewish population had reached 1,303 people, 11% of the total population. On 1 ...

File:Nyiregyhaza Zoo, Hungary-1Dec2012.jpg, Main entrance of

Nyíregyháza Zoo The Nyíregyháza Zoo (Nyíregyházi Állatpark – Animal Park of Nyíregyháza, also known as ''Sóstó Zoo'') is a 30-hectare animal park zoo located 5 km (3.3 miles) north of Nyíregyháza, Hungary. The zoo is in the Sóstó recreation a ...

File:Nyíregyháza, Bethlen Gábor utca és templomtornyok téli estén - panoramio.jpg, Church towers in Nyíregyháza File:Móricz Zsigmond Színház - Nyíregyháza 2013 (18).JPG, Móricz Zsigmond Theater (Nyíregyháza) File:Cathedral in Nyiregyhaza.jpg, Our Lady of Hungary Church in Nyíregyháza

References

External links

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