Törökszentmiklós () is a district in central part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in Hungary. ''

Törökszentmiklós Törökszentmiklós is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. It is the third-largest settlement in the county. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 23,145 (2002). Histo ...

'' 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 a part of

Nagykunság Nagykunság ("Greater Cumania", ) is a historical and geographical region in Hungary situated in the current Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county between Szolnok and Debrecen. Like other historical European regions called Cumania, it is named for the C ...

historical and geographical region.

Geography

Törökszentmiklós District borders with

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

to the north,

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 east,

Mezőtúr District Mezőtúr () is a district in south-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. ''Mezőtúr'' 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 Reg ...

to the southeast,

Szolnok District Szolnok () is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. '' Szolnok'' 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 Szolnok Dis ...

to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Törökszentmiklós District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 36,739 and the

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was 79/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500) and German (100). Total population (2011 census): 36,739
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 33,338 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 ...

: 31,779 (95.32%) *

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 , ...

: 1,208 (3.62%) *Others and indefinable: 351 (1.05%) Approx. 3,500 persons in Törökszentmiklós 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 – 10,728 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 10,655;

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– 73); *

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– 3,780; *

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– 49; *other religions – 301; *

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 ...

– 12,179; *

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 ...

– 310; *''Undeclared'' – 9,392.

Gallery

File:Törökszentmiklós - Palace.jpg, Almásy Mansion in

File:Tiszapüspöki, Tisza.jpg,

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river near

Tiszapüspöki Tiszapüspöki is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county's Törökszentmiklós District, Törökszentmiklós district, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. It is an agricultural village. Geography Tiszapüspöki is located on ...

File:Fegyvernek1.jpg, Puszatorony from above (

Fegyvernek Fegyvernek () is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of . Population It has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given r ...

) File:Szélmalomdomb2.JPG, Windmill Hill near Kengyel

References

External links

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