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

Jászberény Jászberény is a city and market centre in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in Hungary. Location Jászberény is located in central Hungary, on the Zagyva River, a tributary of the Tisza River. It is about from Budapest. History The oldes ...

'' 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

Jászság Jászság ("Jaszygia", ) is a historical, ethnographical and geographical region in Hungary. Its territory is situated in the north-western part of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county. The main town in the region is Jászberény. Jászság is inha ...

historical, ethnographical and geographical region.

Geography

Jászberény District borders with

Hatvan District Hatvan () is a district in western part of Heves County in Hungary. ''Hatvan'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Hatvan District borders ...

and

Gyöngyös District Gyöngyös () is a district in central-western part of Heves County. ''Gyöngyös'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. This district is a part of Mát ...

''(

Heves County Heves county (, ) lies in northern Hungary, between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest (county), Pest, Nógrád (county), Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and ...

)'' to the north,

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

to the east,

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 ...

to the south,

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 ...

and Aszód District ''( Pest County)'' to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Jászberény District is 9.

History

The Jászberény District existed all the way before the closure of the districts in 1983, known as the district from the 1950s. Formerly known as '' Upper Jászság District'', its seat was Jászberény. As of January 1, 1984, a new administrative position came into effect, therefore, on December 31, 1983, all districts, including Jászberény District, ceased to exist. The Jászberény Neighborhood was formed from the area of the ceased district. Between 1994 and 2013 this area was part of Jászberény Subregion.

Municipalities

The district has 3

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and 6 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 51,274 and the

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was 83/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), German (150) and Romanian (100). Total population (2011 census): 51,274
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 47,260 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 ...

: 44,473 (94.10%) *

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 , ...

: 2,152 (4.55%) *Others and indefinable: 635 (1.34%) Approx. 4,000 persons in Jászberény 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 – 29,156 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 29,029;

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– 122); *

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– 1,557; *

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– 70; *other religions – 578; *

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 ...

– 6,109; *

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 ...

– 453; *''Undeclared'' – 13,351.

Transport

Road network

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(W→E): Budapest... – Jászberény District (2 municipalities:

Jászjákóhalma Jászjákóhalma is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or ...

) – ...Dormánd *

(NW→SE): Hatvan... – Jászberény District (4 municipalities:

Jászfényszaru Jászfényszaru is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 5567 people (2015). It is the meeting of three regions: the North-Hungary, t ...

Pusztamonostor Pusztamonostor is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Near Pusztamonostor, there is the Jászberény Shortwave Transmitter, the largest shortwave broadcasting station in Hungary. Geog ...

Jásztelek Jásztelek is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. ...

) – ...Szolnok

Railway network

* Line 82 (NW→SE): Hatvan (80, 81)... – Jászberény District (4 municipalities:

Jászboldogháza Jászboldogháza is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography The village is around 70 km east of Budapest. It covers an area of and has a population Population is a se ...

) – ...Újszász (86, 120) * Line 86 (N→E): Vámosgyörk (80, 85)... – Jászberény District (1 municipality:

Jászárokszállás Jászárokszállás is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region o ...

) – ...Újszász (82, 120)

Gallery

File:Footbridge and the Zagyva from Szövetkezet street's bridge. - Jászberény, Hungary.JPG,

, the ''Capital of Jászság'' File:Jászárokszállás1.jpg, Aerial view of

File:Pusztamonostor légifotó.jpg, Balázsovich Mansion in

File:Római katolikus templom, Jászfelsőszentgyörgy.jpg, St. George Church in

Jászfelsőszentgyörgy Jászfelsőszentgyörgy is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given re ...

File:Hungary Jaszbereny Lehel.jpg,

Lehel Lehel (; died 955), a member of the Árpád dynasty, was a Magyar chieftain and, together with Bulcsú, one of the most important figures of the Hungarian invasions of Europe. After the Magyar defeat at the Battle of Lechfeld, he was executed i ...

's horn File:Hungary Jaszbereny church.jpg, Great Church of Jászberény

References

External links

Jászberény District - HunMix.huPostal codes of the Jászberény District
{{authority control Districts in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County