Baktalórántháza () is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''

Baktalórántháza Baktalórántháza is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 3,987 people (2015). History Baktalórántháza has been settled sinc ...

'' 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 Nyírség geographical region.

Geography

Baktalórántháza District borders with Kisvárda District to the north,

Vásárosnamény District Vásárosnamény () is a district in north-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. '' Vásárosnamény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Regi ...

and

Mátészalka District Mátészalka () is a district in central-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Mátészalka'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain Sta ...

to the east,

Nyírbátor District Nyírbátor () is a district in south-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nyírbátor'' 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 di ...

and

Nagykálló District Nagykálló () is a district in southern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nagykálló'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain Statistical ...

to the south,

Nyíregyháza District Nyíregyháza () is a district in western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nyíregyháza'' 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 distri ...

and Kemecse District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Baktalórántháza District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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, 1 large village and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is city, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 19,123 and the

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was 75/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,000). Total population (2011 census): 19,123
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 19,254 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

: 17,144 (89.04%) *

Gypsies {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , ...

: 1,942 (10.09%) *Others and indefinable: 168 (0.87%) Approx. 150 persons in Baktalórántháza 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 – 7,893 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 4,302;

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

– 3,590); *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming 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 Places * Reform, Al ...

– 6,893; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

– 44; *other religions – 334; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 565; *

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 ...

– 20; *''Undeclared'' – 3,374.

Gallery

File:Baktalórántháza - Palace.jpg, Dégenfeld Mansion in

File:Ófehértó légifotó.jpg, Aerial view of Ófehértó File:Ramocsaháza, római katolikus templom 2023 02.jpg, Roman Catholic church of Ramocsaháza File:Levelek légifotó.jpg, Molnár Mansion in Levelek

References

External links

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