Záhony ( hu, Záhonyi járás) is a district in northern 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 ...

. '' Záhony'' 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 Rétköz geographical region.

Geography

Záhony District borders with the

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oblast of Zakarpattia to the northeast, Vásárosnamény District to the southeast,

Kisvárda District Kisvárda ( hu, Kisvárdai járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Kisvárda'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Regi ...

to the south,

Cigánd District Cigánd ( hu, Cigándi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. The district seat is in a town that is called Cigánd as well. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography ...

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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 ...

)'' to the west, the

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n region of

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to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Záhony District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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, 1 large village and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 18,963 and the

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was 130/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and Ukrainian (100). Total population (2011 census): 18,963
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 19,372 persons: *

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: 16,689 (86.15%) *

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: 2,420 (12.49%) *Others and indefinable: 263 (1.36%) Approx. 500 persons in Záhony 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,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 10,635; *Catholic – 3,499 (

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– 2,401;

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– 1,098); *other religions – 426; *

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 ...

– 725; *

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– 39; *''Undeclared'' – 3,639.

Gallery

File:Záhony - madártávlatból.jpg, Záhony, the ''district seat'' File:Tuzsér, Lónyay-kastély.jpg, Lónyay Mansion in

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File:Zahony Rail Terminal 2003 14.JPG, Záhony Railway Freight Terminal File:Mándoki templom3.JPG, Greek Catholic Church in Mándok

References

External links

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