Gönc () is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. '' Gönc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Gönc District borders with the

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n region of

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to the north,

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

and Sárospatak District to the east, Tokaj District and Szerencs District to the south,

Szikszó District Szikszó () is a district in central-northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Szikszó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Szik ...

and

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to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gönc District is 32.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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and 30 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 19,275 and the

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was 35/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500), Slovak (150) and Rusyn (100). Total population (2011 census): 19,275
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 20,542 persons: *

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: 17,348 (84.45%) *

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: 2,698 (13.13%) *Others and indefinable: 496 (2.41%) Approx. 1,500 persons in Gönc 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 – 10,988 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 9,817;

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– 1,171); *

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– 4,325; *

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– 65; *other religions – 129; *

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 ...

– 598; *

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 ...

– 35; *''Undeclared'' – 3,135.

Gallery

File:Gönc1.jpg, Gönc, the ''district seat'' File:Boldogkő Castle - view from the castle - Hungary.jpg, Zemplén mountains from

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References

External links

Postal codes of the Gönc District
Districts in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{Borsod-geo-stub