Nagykálló () is a district in southern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''

Nagykálló Nagykálló () is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Before World War II it belonged to Szabolcs (county), Szabolcs county. Location from county seat Nyíregyháza. History Nag ...

'' 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 Nyírség geographical region.

Geography

Nagykálló District borders with

Baktalórántháza District Baktalórántháza () is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Baktalórántháza'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. T ...

to the northeast,

Nyírbátor District Nyírbátor () is a district in south-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nyírbátor'' 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 di ...

and

Nyíradony District Nyíradony () is a district in north-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Nyíradony'' 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 Region. Th ...

''( Hajdú-Bihar County)'' 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 ...

and

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 ...

''(Hajdú-Bihar County)'' to the south,

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 ...

to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykálló District is 8.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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, 1 large village and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 30,403 and the

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was 81/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500) and German (100). Total population (2011 census): 30,403
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,131 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 ...

: 26,504 (94.22%) *

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 , ...

: 1,220 (4.34%) *Others and indefinable: 407 (1.45%) Approx. 2,500 persons in Nagykálló 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 – 15,491 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 7,763;

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– 7,728); *

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– 5,607; *

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 ...

– 148; *other religions – 233; *

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 ...

– 1,602; *

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 ...

– 96; *''Undeclared'' – 7,226.

Gallery

File:"Nazarín" en Nagykallo (Hungría), Octubre de 2009.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:House from Kállósemjén.jpg, Traditional house from

Kállósemjén Kállósemjén is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. 22 km from Nyíregyháza, 8 km from Nagykálló, 10 km from Balkány (dirt road), 16 km from Letters, 12 km from Magy, 17 km ...

File:Balkány gencsy.jpg, Gencsy Mansion in

Balkány Balkány () is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 6,852 people (2002). It lies approximately southeast from Nyíregyháza and ...

File:Nagyboldogasszony-templom és Istenszülő elhunyta-templom, Kállósemjén3.jpg, Aerial view of Kállósemjén

References

External links

Postal codes of the Nagykálló District
Districts in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub