Vecsés () is a district in central part of Pest County. ''

Vecsés Vecsés () is a town of 20,550 inhabitants in Budapest metropolitan area, Pest County, Hungary, situated adjacent to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. History The village was first mentioned in records in 1318. In the 14th and 15th ...

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

Geography

Vecsés District borders with

Gödöllő District Gödöllő () is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. ''Gödöllő'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Gödöllő District ...

to the north,

Nagykáta District Nagykáta () is a district in eastern part of Pest County. ''Nagykáta'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Nagykáta District borders wit ...

to the northeast,

Monor District Monor () is a district in central-eastern part of Pest County. '' Monor'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Monor District borders with ...

to the southeast,

Gyál District Gyál () is a district in central-southern part of Pest County. '' Gyál'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Gyál District borders with ...

to the southwest,

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to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Vecsés District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 3

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and 1 large village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 47,026 and the

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was 393/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 1,300), Roma (450), Slovak (350) and Romanian (300). Total population (2011 census): 47,026
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 43,405 persons: *

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: 40,264 (92.76%) *

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 ...

: 1,338 (3.08%) *

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: 469 (1.08%) *Others and indefinable: 1,334 (3.07%) Approx. 3,500 persons in Vecsés 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 – 15,439 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 15,037;

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– 395); *

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– 5,349; *

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 ...

– 1,397; *other religions – 945; *

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 ...

– 8,202; *

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 ...

– 663; *''Undeclared'' – 15,031.

Gallery

File:Vecsés légifotó2.jpg, Downtown of

File:Maglod rktemplom.jpg, Queen of the Rosary Church in

Maglód Maglód is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. History The name of Maglód was first mentioned in about 1200 by Anonymus (notary of Béla III), Anonymus in his narrative, according to which the grandfathers of the seventh ...

File:Üllő 1.jpg, Aerial view of

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File:Ecseri 168.jpg, Center of Ecser with the church File:Ferihegy from air.jpg,

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References

External links

Postal codes of the Vecsés District
Districts in Pest County {{Pest-geo-stub