Szikszó () is a district in central-northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''

Szikszó Szikszó is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, from county capital Miskolc. It is also the home of the Hell Energy Magyarország Kft. main factory. History Szikszó was first mentioned in documents in 1280. It belo ...

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

Geography

Szikszó District borders with

Encs District Encs () is a district in northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Encs'' 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 Encs ...

northeast, Szerencs District to the southeast, Miskolc District to the southwest,

Edelény District Edelény () is a district in northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Edelény'' 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. Geograp ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szikszó District is 24.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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and 23 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 17,507 and the

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was 57/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,500) and Rusyn (100). Total population (2011 census): 17,507
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 20,043 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 ...

: 16,316 (81.40%) * Gypsies: 3,434 (17.13%) *Others and indefinable: 293 (1.46%) Approx. 2,500 persons in Szikszó 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 – 9,511 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 6,979;

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 ...

– 2,529); * Reformed – 4,254; *

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 ...

– 46; *other religions – 112; *

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 ...

– 733; *

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 ...

– 44; *''Undeclared'' – 2,807.

Gallery

File:Szikszó légifotó1.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:A Hernád Szentistvánbaksa alatt - panoramio (1).jpg, Hernád river near Szentistvánbaksa File:Felsővadászi Rákóczi-kastély.JPG, Rákóczi Mansion in Felsővadász File:Abaújszolnoki templom.JPG, Greek Catholic Church in Abaújszolnok

References

External links

Postal codes of the Szikszó District
Districts in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{Borsod-geo-stub