Érd ( hu, Érdi járás) is a district in south-western part of Pest County. ''

Érd Érd (; german: Hanselbeck; hr, Andzabeg) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is a city with county rights A city with county rights (or urban county, Hungarian: ''megyei jogú város'', MJV) is a level of admini ...

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

Geography

Érd District borders with

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

to the north,

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

and Szigetszentmiklós District to the east, Ráckeve District to the south,

Martonvásár District Martonvásár ( hu, Martonvásári járás) is a district in eastern part of Fejér County. ''Martonvásár'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. ...

''(

Fejér County Fejér ( hu, Fejér megye, ) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in Central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties V ...

)'' to the southwest,

Bicske District Bicske ( hu, Bicskei járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Fejér County. ''Bicske'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region. Geography Bics ...

''(Fejér County)'' to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Érd District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 3

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 ...

, 1 large village and 2 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 116,510 and the

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was 632/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 2,000), Roma (900), Romanian (700), Slovak (350), Russian (200), Serb, Croat and Greek (150), Polish (100). Total population (2011 census): 116,510
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 104,800 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 ...

: 98,053 (93.56%) *

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: 2,000 (1.91%) *Others and indefinable: 4,747 (4.53%) Approx. 11,500 persons in Érd 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 – 36,241 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 35,197;

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 ...

– 1,026); *

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 ...

– 10,218; *

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 ...

– 1,375; *

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

– 239; *other religions – 2,890; *

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 ...

– 24,630; *

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 ...

– 2,585; *''Undeclared'' – 38,332.

Gallery

File:Érd - Castle.jpg, Ruin of Hunting lodge in

File:Törökbálint-tükörhegy.jpg, Aerial view of

Törökbálint Törökbálint is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Törökbálint received town status on 1 July 2007. The city also has a German name, ''Großturwall'', which originates from the times of the Swabian immigration after the Ottoman times of Hunga ...

File:Százhalombatta, Szent István templom.jpg, St.Stephen of Hungary Church in

Százhalombatta Százhalombatta (; hr, Bata; la, Matrica; sr, Бата, Bata) is a town in Pest County, Hungary. The name of this town in Hungarian literally means "One hundred tumuli" referring to the tumulus field at the edge of the town. History Grou ...

File:Barczakastelycivertanlegifoto.JPG, Barcza Mansion in Pusztazámor

References

External links

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