Érd () is a district in south-western part of
Pest County. ''
Érd
Érd (; ; , ) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is a city with county rights.
History
The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric humans lived here 50,000 year ...
'' 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 to the north,
Budapest
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and
Szigetszentmiklós District to the east,
Ráckeve District to the south,
Martonvásár District ''(
Fejér County
Fejér (, ) is an administrative county 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 Veszprém, Komárom-Esztergom County ...
)'' to the southwest,
Bicske District ''(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, 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
population density
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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:
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Hungarians
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: 98,053 (93.56%)
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Germans
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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, ]
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*Catholic – 36,241 (
Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 35,197;
Greek Catholic – 1,026);
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Reformed – 10,218;
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Evangelical – 1,375;
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Orthodox – 239;
*other religions – 2,890;
*
Non-religious – 24,630;
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Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...
– 2,585;
*''Undeclared'' – 38,332.
Gallery
File:Érd - Castle.jpg, Ruin of Hunting lodge in Érd
Érd (; ; , ) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. It is a city with county rights.
History
The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric humans lived here 50,000 year ...
File:Törökbálint-tükörhegy.jpg, Aerial view of Törökbálint
File:Százhalombatta, Szent István templom.jpg, St.Stephen of Hungary Church in Százhalombatta
File:Barczakastelycivertanlegifoto.JPG, Barcza Mansion in Pusztazámor
See also
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List of cities and towns in Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: , plural: ; the terminology does not distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 village ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Érd District
Districts in Pest County
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