Balmazújváros () is a district in north-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''

Balmazújváros Balmazújváros is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 18,149 people (2001). Twin towns – sister cities Balmazújváros is twinned wi ...

'' 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 Hajdúság historical and geographical region.

Geography

Balmazújváros District borders with

Mezőcsát District Mezőcsát () is a district in southern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Mezőcsát'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geo ...

''( Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County)'' and

Hajdúnánás District Hajdúnánás () is a district in north-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Hajdúnánás'' 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 Regi ...

to the north,

Hajdúböszörmény District Hajdúböszörmény () is a district in northern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Hajdúböszörmény'' 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 Statistic ...

and

Debrecen District Debrecen () is a district in central part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Debrecen'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography Debrecen District b ...

to the east,

Hajdúszoboszló District Hajdúszoboszló () is a district in western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Hajdúszoboszló'' 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 ...

to the south,

Tiszafüred District Tiszafüred () is a district in north-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. ''Tiszafüred'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography ...

''( Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balmazújváros District is 5.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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, 1 large village and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 30,191 and the

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was 36/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000) and German (200). Total population (2011 census): 30,191
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,278 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 ...

: 25,928 (91.69%) *

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 , ...

: 1,976 (6.99%) *Others and indefinable: 374 (1.32%) Approx. 2,000 persons in Balmazújváros 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,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 5,562; *Catholic – 4,839 (

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– 4,674;

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– 164); *other religions – 424; *

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 ...

– 11,484; *

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 ...

– 393; *''Undeclared'' – 7,489.

Gallery

File:Balmazújváros - Temples.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Hortobagy híd.jpg, Nine-holed Bridge File:Újszentmargita légi fotó.jpg, Aerial view of

Újszentmargita Újszentmargita () is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Sl ...

File:Tiszacsege - Palace.jpg, Vay Palace in Tiszacsege

References

External links

Postal codes of the Balmazújváros District
Districts in Hajdú-Bihar County {{Hajdu-geo-stub