Rétság ( hu, Rétsági járás; sk, Rétságsky okres) is a district in western 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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Rétság Rétság is a small town in Nógrád county, in Hungary. Location Rétság is located north of Budapest on the E77 European main road, halfway between Vác and Balassagyarmat. The town is seated at the border of Cserhát and Börzsöny hills. I ...

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

Geography

Rétság District borders with

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 northeast,

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)'' to the south,

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

''(Pest County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Rétság District is 25.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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and 24 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 24,395 and the

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was 56/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 1,300), German and Roma (850). Total population (2011 census): 24,395
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 24,864 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 ...

: 21,569 (86.75%) *

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 ...

: 1,337 (5.38%) *

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

: 841 (3.38%) *

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 ...

: 839 (3.37%) *Others and indefinable: 278 (1.12%) Approx. 500 persons in Rétság District did declare more than one 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 – 13,646 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 13,567;

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– 77); *

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 ...

– 1,749; *

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 ...

– 1,339; *other religions – 351; *

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 ...

– 1,743; *

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 ...

– 168; *''Undeclared'' – 5,399.

Gallery

File:Retsag town hall.jpg,

, Town Hall File:Nógrád - Castle.jpg, Nógrád Castle File:Magyarország, Alsópetény, Gyurcsányi-Prónay kastély 001.JPG, Gyurcsányi-Prónay Mansion in

Alsópetény Alsópetény ( sk, Dolné Peťany) is a village and municipality in Nógrád County, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the nor ...

File:Bánki-tó, 7.jpg, Lake Bánk

References

External links

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