Pilisvörösvár (; ) is a district in north-western part of Pest County. ''

Pilisvörösvár Pilisvörösvár ( or ) is a town in Pest County, Hungary. Notable people *Károly Erős, football player *Laszlo Toth, Hungarian-Australian geologist & vandal *Solomon Breuer, German rabbi Twin towns – sister cities Pilisvörösvár is Siste ...

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

Geography

Pilisvörösvár District borders with

Szentendre District Szentendre () is a district in north-western part of Pest County. ''Szentendre'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Szentendre District bo ...

to the northeast,

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to the southeast,

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to the south,

Esztergom District Esztergom () is a district in north-eastern part of Komárom-Esztergom County. ''Esztergom'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia, Central Transdanubia Statistical Regio ...

''(

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)'' to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Pilisvörösvár District is 9.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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, 1 large village and 6 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 53,201 and the

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was 407/km².

Ethnicity

Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 7,000), Slovak (1,100), Roma (500), Russian and Romanian (150). Total population (2011 census): 53,201
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 56,661 persons: *

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: 46,448 (81.98%) *

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 ...

: 7,231 (12.76%) *

Slovaks The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...

: 1,097 (1.94%) *Others and indefinable: 1,885 (3.33%) Approx. 3,500 persons in Pilisvörösvár 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 – 23,848 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 23,458;

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– 384); *

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– 4,318; *

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– 652; *

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– 78; *

Judaism Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of o ...

– 76; *other religions – 1,153; *

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 ...

– 7,577; *

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– 979; *''Undeclared'' – 14,520.

Gallery

File:Pilisvörösvár légifotó.jpg, Downtown of

File:View of Solymár from Solymár Cave.jpg, Panorama of

Solymár Solymár () is a village in northwest of Budapest metropolitan area, bordering the 3rd and 2nd districts of the city, as well as Nagykovácsi, Pilisszentiván, Pilisvörösvár, Csobánka, Pilisborosjenő, and Üröm. Its picturesque surround ...

File:Piliscsaba Stephaneum déli oldal.JPG,

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Piliscsaba Piliscsaba () is a town in Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary, located in northwestern Pest County, near the border of Komárom-Esztergom in a valley between the Buda and Pilis hills. It is accessible by Highway 10 and lies on the Budapest-Eszte ...

File:Pilisszántó.jpg, Aerial view of Pilisszántó

References

External links

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