Vác ( hu, Váci járás) is a district in northern part of Pest County. ''

Vác Vác (; german: Waitzen; sk, Vacov; yi, ווייצען) is a town in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The archaic spelling of the name is ''Vácz''. Location Vác is located north of Budapest on the eastern bank o ...

'' 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 borders with

Rétság District Rétság ( hu, Rétsági járás; sk, Rétságsky okres) is a district in western part of Nógrád County. ''Rétság'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Reg ...

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 ...

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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 ...

)'' to the north,

Pásztó District Pásztó ( hu, Pásztói járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Nógrád County. ''Pásztó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Regi ...

''(Nógrád County)'' and

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 ...

to the east,

Gödöllő District Gödöllő ( hu, Gödöllői járás) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. ''Gödöllő'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geogra ...

and

Dunakeszi District Dunakeszi ( hu, Dunakeszi járás) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. ''Dunakeszi'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary, Central Hungary Statistical Regio ...

to the south,

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

and

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 ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Vác District is 18.

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 ...

and 16 village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 68,234 and the

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was 188/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,100), Slovak (1,000), German (650) and Romanian (200). Total population (2011 census): 68,234
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 62,694 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 ...

: 58,696 (93.62%) *

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 ...

: 1,135 (1.81%) *

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 ...

: 989 (1.58%) *

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

: 659 (1.05%) *Others and indefinable: 1,215 (1.94%) Approx. 5,500 persons in Vác 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 – 28,657 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 28,378;

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 ...

– 274); *

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 ...

– 5,286; *

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 ...

– 3,426; *other religions – 1,834; *

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 ...

– 8,525; *

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 ...

– 964; *''Undeclared'' – 19,542.

Gallery

File:Duna.menti.kerekparut4.jpg, Downtown of

File:V. Prónay-kastély (6879. számú műemlék) 3.jpg, Prónay Mansion in Acsa File:Naszály látkép.jpg, View of Naszály File:Vác Dom Mariä Himmelfahrt Fassade 2.JPG, Assumption Cathedral in Vác

References

External links

Postal codes of the Vác District
Districts in Pest County {{Pest-geo-stub