Rétság (; ) is a district in western part of

Nógrád County Nógrád (, ; ) is a counties of Hungary, county () of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia. Description Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Pest ( ...

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Rétság Rétság is a small town in Nógrád (county), Nógrád county, in Hungary. Location Rétság is located north of the capital Budapest on the E77 European main road, halfway between Vác and Balassagyarmat. The town is located at the border of C ...

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

Geography

Rétság District borders with Balassagyarmat District to the northeast,

Vác District Vác () is a district in northern part of Pest County. ''Vác'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Vác District borders with Rétság D ...

''( Pest County)'' to the south, Szob District ''(Pest County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Rétság District is 25.

Municipalities

The district has 1

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 24 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 24,395 and the

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was 56/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 1,300), German and Roma (850). Total population (2011 census): 24,395
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 24,864 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 ...

: 21,569 (86.75%) *

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 ...

: 1,337 (5.38%) *

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 ...

: 841 (3.38%) *

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 , ...

: 839 (3.37%) *Others and indefinable: 278 (1.12%) Approx. 500 persons in Rétság 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 – 13,646 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 13,567;

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 ...

– 77); *

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 ...

– 1,749; *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine Places * Reform, Al ...

– 1,339; *other religions – 351; *

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 ...

– 1,743; *

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 ...

– 168; *''Undeclared'' – 5,399.

Gallery

File:Retsag town hall.jpg,

, Town Hall File:Nógrád - Castle.jpg, Nógrád Castle File:Magyarország, Alsópetény, Gyurcsányi-Prónay kastély 001.JPG, Gyurcsányi-Prónay Mansion in Alsópetény File:Bánki-tó, 7.jpg, Lake Bánk

References

External links

Postal codes of the Rétság District
Districts in Nógrád County {{Nograd-geo-stub