Cegléd () is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. ''

Cegléd Cegléd (; ) is a city in Pest County, Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Name The name of the town is of disputed origin. The name may be derived from the word "szeglet" (meaning "corner") due to i ...

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

Geography

Cegléd District borders with

Nagykáta District Nagykáta () is a district in eastern part of Pest County. ''Nagykáta'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Nagykáta District borders wit ...

to the north,

Szolnok District Szolnok () is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. '' Szolnok'' 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 Szolnok Dis ...

''( Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the east,

Tiszakécske District Tiszakécske () is a district in north-eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. '' Tiszakécske'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography Tisza ...

''(

Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun (, ) is a county (''vármegye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created by the merger of the pre-World War II Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. With an area of 8,445 km2, ...

)'' and

Nagykőrös District Nagykőrös () is a district in the south-eastern part of Pest County, Hungary. ''Nagykőrös'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary, Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geo ...

to the south,

Kecskemét District Kecskemét () is a district in northern part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Kecskemét'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geogr ...

''(Bács-Kiskun County)'' to the southwest, Dabas District to the west,

Monor District Monor () is a district in central-eastern part of Pest County. '' Monor'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Monor District borders with ...

to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Cegléd District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 3

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 88,952 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

was 100/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,800), German (950) and Romanian (300). Total population (2011 census): 88,952
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 79,369 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 ...

: 75,431 (95.04%) *

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 , ...

: 1,837 (2.31%) *

Germans Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, imple ...

: 966 (1.22%) *Others and indefinable: 1,135 (1.43%) Approx. 9,500 persons in Cegléd 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 – 32,171 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 31,892;

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 ...

– 268); *

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 ...

– 10,632; *

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 ...

– 3,987; *other religions – 1,257; *

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 ...

– 14,304; *

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 ...

– 781; *''Undeclared'' – 25,820.

Gallery

File:Cegléd - Church.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Pest megye, Kőröstetétlen, 1896-ban felállított emlékmű.jpg, Millennium Monument in Kőröstetétlen File:Dánszentmiklós légi fotó.jpg, Aerial view of Dánszentmiklós File:Római katolikus templom (6867. számú műemlék).jpg, Roman Catholic Church in Abony

References

External links

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