Tiszafüred () is a district in north-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. ''

Tiszafüred Tiszafüred is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 11,260 people (2015).Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015'. Hungarian Central ...

'' 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

Tiszafüred District borders with

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

''( Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County)'' to the north, Balmazújváros District ''( Hajdú-Bihar County)'' to the east,

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 ...

to the south, Kunhegyes District and Füzesabony District ''(

Heves County Heves county (, ) lies in northern Hungary, between the right bank of the river Tisza and the Mátra and Bükk mountains. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest (county), Pest, Nógrád (county), Nógrád, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and ...

)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszafüred District is 7.

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

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 19,559 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 47/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,000) and German (200). Total population (2011 census): 19,559
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 17,758 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 ...

: 16,572 (93.32%) *

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 , ...

: 708 (3.99%) *

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 ...

: 228 (1.28%) *Others and indefinable: 250 (1.41%) Approx. 2,000 persons in Tiszafüred 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 – 5,389 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 5,318;

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 ...

– 71); *

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 ...

– 4,211; *

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 ...

– 37; *other religions – 248; *

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 ...

– 4,047; *

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 ...

– 145; *''Undeclared'' – 5,482.

Gallery

File:Tiszafüred városháza.jpg,

, Town Hall File:Hungria - Tisza - panoramio.jpg,

Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo ...

river in Tiszaörvény File:Tiszaderzs légifotó.jpg, Aerial view of Tiszaderzs File:R. k. templom (Magyarok Nagyasszonya) (6070. számú műemlék) 2.jpg, Our Lady of Hungary Church in Tiszafüred

References

External links

Postal codes of the Tiszafüred District
Districts in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County {{Jasz-geo-stub