Sárospatak () is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''

Sárospatak Sárospatak (; ; Serbian language, Serbian: Муд Стреам; Slovak language, Slovakian: ''Šarišský Potok, Blatný Potok)'' History The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Sárospatak was granted town status in 1201 by Emeric ...

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

Geography

Sárospatak District borders with

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

to the north,

Cigánd District Cigánd () is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. The district seat is in a town that is called Cigánd as well. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Cigánd District bor ...

to the east,

Ibrány District Ibrány () is a district in north-western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. '' Ibrány'' 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 ...

and

Nyíregyháza District Nyíregyháza () is a district in western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Nyíregyháza'' 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 distri ...

''( Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County)'' to the south,

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

and

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

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Sárospatak District is 16.

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

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 24,946 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

was 52/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500), German (650) and Rusyn (350). Total population (2011 census): 24,946
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 23,789 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 ...

: 21,009 (88.31%) *

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 , ...

: 1,502 (6.31%) *

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 ...

: 629 (2.64%) *

Rusyns Rusyns, also known as Carpatho-Rusyns, Carpatho-Russians, Ruthenians, or Rusnaks, are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group from the Carpathian Rus', Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn language, Rusyn, an East Slavic lan ...

: 359 (1.51%) *Others and indefinable: 290 (1.22%) Approx. 1,000 people in Sárospatak 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 – 11,714 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 8,376;

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 ...

– 3,331); *

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 ...

– 5,600; *

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 ...

– 36; *other religions – 332; *

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 ...

– 1,009; *

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 ...

– 100; *''Undeclared'' – 6,155.

Gallery

File:Sárospatak - Castle.jpg,

Sárospatak Castle Sárospatak (; ; Serbian: Муд Стреам; Slovakian: ''Šarišský Potok, Blatný Potok)'' History The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Sárospatak was granted town status in 1201 by King Emeric. In the Middle Ages it was a ...

File:Háromhuta, Óhuta látképe.JPG, Aerial view of

Háromhuta Háromhuta is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine t ...

(Óhuta) File:Meczner kastély (Művelődési ház) - Makkoshotyka, 2014.06.19 (1).JPG, Meczner Mansion in

Makkoshotyka Makkoshotyka is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the north ...

File:Sárospatak - Vártemplom - panoramio.jpg, Castle Church in Sárospatak

References

External links

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