Berettyóújfalu () is a district in south-eastern part of
Hajdú-Bihar County. ''
Berettyóújfalu'' 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 Bihar historical and geographical region.
Geography
Berettyóújfalu District borders with
Derecske District to the north, the
Romania
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n county of
Bihor to the east,
Sarkad District ''(
Békés County)'' to the south,
Szeghalom District ''(Békés County)'' and
Püspökladány District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Berettyóújfalu District is 25.
Municipalities
The district has 3
towns, 2 large villages and 20 villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 44,995 and the
population density
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was 36/km².
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), Romanian (1,000) and German (200).
Total population (2011 census): 44,995
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 42,143 persons:
*
Hungarians
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: 38,009 (90.19%)
*
Gypsies: 2,694 (6.39%)
*
Romanians
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: 1,111 (2.64%)
*Others and indefinable: 329 (0.78%)
Approx. 3,000 persons in Berettyóújfalu 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 – 19,399;
*Catholic – 3,480 (
Roman Catholic
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– 2,996;
Greek Catholic – 484);
*
Orthodox – 618;
*
Evangelical – 86;
*other religions – 675;
*
Non-religious – 9,703;
*
Atheism
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– 262;
*''Undeclared'' – 10,772.
Gallery
File:Berettyóújfalu, Bercsényi utca.jpg, Berettyóújfalu, the ''district seat''
File:V. Rhédey-kastély (5403. számú műemlék).jpg, Rédely Mansion in Zsáka
File:Berettyóújfalu-12.jpg, Csonkatorony from above (Herpály)
File:Biharkeresztes - Temple.jpg, Reformed Church in Biharkeresztes
See also
*
List of cities and towns of 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 Berettyóújfalu District
Districts in Hajdú-Bihar County
Berettyóújfalu
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