Putnok ( hu, Putnoki járás) is a district in north-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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Putnok Putnok is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies away from Miskolc, between the Bükk Mountains and the river Sajó. History The area has been inhabited since Neolithic times. Until 1283 it was royal property, part (l ...

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

Geography

Putnok District borders with the

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n regions of

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and

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

to the northwest,

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

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 ...

to the east,

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

to the south. The number of the inhabited places in Putnok District is 26.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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and 25 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 19,290 and the

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was 49/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500). Total population (2011 census): 19,290
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 18,547 persons: *

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: 16,821 (90.69%) *

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: 1,573 (8.48%) *Others and indefinable: 153 (0.82%) Approx. 1,000 persons in Putnok 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 – 7,027 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 6,735;

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– 291); *

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– 5,326; *

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– 107; *other religions – 347; *

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 ...

– 2,148; *

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 ...

– 79; *''Undeclared'' – 4,256.

Gallery

File:Putnok Serényi kastély homlokzat1.jpg, Serényi Mansion in

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File:A Sajó a sajónémeti Várhegyről.JPG,

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river from Sajónémeti File:Gömörszőlősi parasztház.JPG, Traditional house from Gömörszőlős

References

External links

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