Pásztó ( hu, Pásztói járás) is a district in south-eastern part of

Nógrád County Nógrád ( hu, Nógrád megye, ; sk, Novohradská župa) is a counties of Hungary, county ( hu, megye) of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia. Description Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares bor ...

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Pásztó Pásztó is a town in Nógrád County, Hungary. Tibor Rubin was born in Pásztó on 18 June 1929. It then had a Jews, Jewish population of 120 families. Twin towns – sister cities Pásztó is Sister city, twinned with: * Ruffec, Charente, Ru ...

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

Geography

Pásztó District borders with

Szécsény District Szécsény ( hu, Szécsényi járás) is a district in northern part of Nógrád County. ''Szécsény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography ...

Salgótarján District Salgótarján ( hu, Salgótarjáni járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Nógrád County. ''Salgótarján'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region ...

and

Bátonyterenye District Bátonyterenye ( hu, Bátonyterenyei járás) is a district in eastern part of Nógrád County. ''Bátonyterenye'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Stat ...

to the north,

Gyöngyös District Gyöngyös ( hu, Gyöngyösi járás) is a district in central-western part of Heves County. ''Gyöngyös'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. This dis ...

and

Hatvan District Hatvan ( hu, Hatvani járás) is a district in western part of Heves County. ''Hatvan'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Hatvan District ...

''(

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 east,

Aszód District Aszód ( hu, Aszódi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Pest County. '' Aszód'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Aszód Di ...

''( Pest County)'' to the south,

Vác District Vác ( hu, Váci járás) is a district in northern part of Pest County. ''Vác'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Vác District border ...

''(Pest County)'' and

Balassagyarmat District Balassagyarmat ( hu, Balassagyarmati járás) is a district in north-western part of Nógrád County. ''Balassagyarmat'' 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 west. The number of the inhabited places in Pásztó District is 26.

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 25 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 31,729 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 58/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), Slovak (650) and German (100). Total population (2011 census): 31,729
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 31,532 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 ...

: 27,673 (87.76%) *

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 ...

: 2,874 (9.11%) *

Slovaks The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...

: 630 (2.00%) *Others and indefinable: 355 (1.13%) Approx. 200 persons in Pásztó 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 – 18,594 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 18,513;

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 ...

– 79); *

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 ...

– 2,014; *

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 ...

– 467; *other religions – 620; *

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 ...

– 2,731; *

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 ...

– 212; *''Undeclared'' – 7,091.

Gallery

File:Cistercian Convent - Pásztó.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Római katolikus templom (Szent Kereszt felmagasztalása) (6832. számú műemlék).jpg, Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church in

Szurdokpüspöki Szurdokpüspöki is a village in Nógrád County, Hungary, beside of the Zagyva river, under the Mátra mountain ranges. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 1756 (see Demographics). The village located beside of the (Nr. 81) Hatvan–Fiľak ...

File:Bujáki vár romja.JPG, Ruins of Buják Castle File:A Zagyva volgye.jpg, Valley of

Zagyva The Zagyva is a river in Hungary. Its length is 179 km, and drains an area of about 5,677 km2. The source is near Salgótarján in Nógrád county. It flows through the towns of Bátonyterenye, Pásztó, Hatvan and Jászberény and flows ...

river near Pásztó

References

External links

Postal codes of the Pásztó District
Districts in Nógrád County {{Nograd-geo-stub