Püspökladány () is a district in south-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''

Püspökladány Püspökladány (pronounced ) is the sixth largest town of Hajdú-Bihar county in North Eastern Hungary with a population of approximately 16,000 people. It is located southwest of Debrecen at the juncture of three regions: Sárrét, Hortobágy ...

'' 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

Püspökladány District borders with

Hajdúszoboszló District Hajdúszoboszló () is a district in western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. ''Hajdúszoboszló'' 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 ...

to the north,

Derecske District Derecske () is a district in central-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. '' Derecske'' 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 Derecske D ...

and

Berettyóújfalu District Berettyóújfalu () is a district in south-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. '' Berettyóújfalu'' 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 ...

to the east,

Szeghalom District Szeghalom () is a district in northern part of Békés County. '' Szeghalom'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography Szeghalom District bo ...

''(

Békés County Békés (, , ) is an administrative division (county or ''vármegye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital ...

)'' to the south,

Karcag District Karcag () is a district in eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary. ''Karcag'' 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 ...

''( Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Püspökladány District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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, 3 large villages and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 40,426 and the

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was 55/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500). Total population (2011 census): 40,426
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 37,778 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 ...

: 35,227 (93.25%) *

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 , ...

: 2,253 (5.96%) *Others and indefinable: 298 (0.79%) Approx. 3,000 persons in Püspökladány 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 – 16,521; *Catholic – 2,833 (

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 ...

– 2,689;

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 ...

– 142); *other religions – 345; *

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 ...

– 11,462; *

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 ...

– 227; *''Undeclared'' – 9,038.

Gallery

File:Püspökladány Bucsánszky tér.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Református templom, Földes 216393 256052489 big.jpg, Reformed Church in

Földes Földes is a large village in Hajdú-Bihar County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Location It covers an area of and has a population of 3,960 people (2016). It is located next to the main road 42 between Püspökladán ...

File:Lakóház, népi (5205. számú műemlék) 5.jpg, Traditional house from Biharnagybajom File:Püspökladány légi fotó.jpg, Aerial view of Püspökladány

References

External links

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