Záhony () is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''

Záhony Záhony () is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Northern Great Plain, eastern Hungary. It covers an area of and has a population of 4675 people (2005). It is near the Ukrainian border (at Chop and Solomonovo) and was part of Ung co ...

'' 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 Rétköz geographical region.

Geography

Záhony District borders with the Ukrainian oblast of Zakarpattia to the northeast,

Vásárosnamény District Vásárosnamény () is a district in north-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. '' Vásárosnamény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Regi ...

to the southeast, Kisvárda District to the south,

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 ...

''( Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County)'' to the west, the

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n region of

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to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Záhony District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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, 1 large village and 8 villages. (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 18,963 and the

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was 130/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and Ukrainian (100). Total population (2011 census): 18,963
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 19,372 persons: *

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: 16,689 (86.15%) *

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: 2,420 (12.49%) *Others and indefinable: 263 (1.36%) Approx. 500 persons in Záhony 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,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 10,635; *Catholic – 3,499 (

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– 2,401;

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– 1,098); *other religions – 426; *

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 ...

– 725; *

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– 39; *''Undeclared'' – 3,639.

Gallery

File:Záhony - madártávlatból.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Tuzsér, Lónyay-kastély.jpg, Lónyay Mansion in

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References

External links

Postal codes of the Záhony District
Districts in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub