Salgótarján () is a district in north-eastern part of

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

Geography

Salgótarján District borders with the

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n region of

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to the north,

Ózd District Ózd () is a district in western part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Ózd'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Ózd ...

''( Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County)'' and

Bátonyterenye District Bátonyterenye () is a district in eastern part of Nógrád County. ''Bátonyterenye'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography ...

to the southeast,

Pásztó District Pásztó () is a district in south-eastern part of Nógrád County. ''Pásztó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Pász ...

to the south, Szécsény District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Salgótarján District is 29.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county and 28 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 64,601 and the

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was 123/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 5,500), Slovak (400) and German (200). Total population (2011 census): 64,601
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 62,958 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 ...

: 56,484 (89.72%) *

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: 5,383 (8.55%) *Others and indefinable: 1,091 (1.73%) Approx. 1,500 persons in Salgótarján 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 – 30,966 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 30,846;

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– 118); *

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 ...

– 1,182; *

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 ...

– 1,136; *other religions – 1,468; *

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 ...

– 12,682; *

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 ...

– 750; *''Undeclared'' – 16,417.

Gallery

File:Salgótarján, downtown.jpg, Downtown of Salgótarján File:Kazári látkép 2005-07-14.jpg, Aerial view of Kazár File:Ipolytarnóc ancient pine museum entrance Hungary.jpg, Nature Reserve Ipolytarnóc Fossils File:Salgóvár3.jpg, Salgó Castle File:Salgótarján 2009, view.jpg, View of Salgótarján File:Town Hall, Salgótarján.jpg, Town Hall in Salgótarján File:Salgótarján, conferential centre.jpg, Conferential Centre (Salgótarján) File:Karancsberény.jpg, All Saints Church in Karancsberény

References

External links

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