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

Hajdúböszörmény Hajdúböszörmény is a town in northeastern Hungary with a population of approximately 30,000 people. History It is also home to one of the faculties of the University of Debrecen. It has a unique circular plan (like Paris) to the streets that ...

'' 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

Hajdúböszörmény District borders with Tiszavasvári District and

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 ...

''( Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County)'' to the north,

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

to the east,

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 south, Balmazújváros District 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 west. The number of the inhabited places in Hajdúböszörmény District is 2.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 40,568 and the

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was 86/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,000) and German (100). Total population (2011 census): 40,568
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 36,078 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 ...

: 34,741 (96.29%) *

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 , ...

: 973 (2.70%) *Others and indefinable: 364 (1.01%) Approx. 4,500 persons in Hajdúböszörmény 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 – 8,822; *Catholic – 8,779 (

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 ...

– 7,087;

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

– 1,692); *other religions – 846; *

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 ...

– 11,548; *

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 ...

– 445; *''Undeclared'' – 10,128.

Gallery

File:Hajdúkerület székháza.jpg,

, the headquarters of Hajdú District File:View of Hajdudorog towards Hajdunanas.JPG, View of Hajdúdorog File:Hajdúböszörmény Fő tér.JPG, Bocskai Square (Hajdúböszörmény) File:Vagott hegy Hajdudorog.JPG, "Highest" point (''Debeje-halom'') of Hajdúdorog File:Greek Catholic Cathedral Hajdudorog Air.jpg, Greek Catholic Cathedral in Hajdúdorog File:17th century wall in Hajdudorog.jpg, Remains of the fortified Cathedral' wall in Hajdúdorog

References

External links

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