Cegléd District | |
Native Name: | Ceglédi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Cegléd.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Pest |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Cegléd |
Area Total Km2: | 886.30 |
Area Rank: | 1st in Pest |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 88,952 |
Population Rank: | 4th in Pest |
Population Density Km2: | 100 |
Cegléd (hu|Ceglédi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. Cegléd is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.
Cegléd District borders with Nagykáta District to the north, Szolnok District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) and Nagykőrös District to the south, Kecskemét District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the southwest, Dabas District to the west, Monor District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Cegléd District is 12.
The district has 3 towns and 9 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 88,952 and the population density was 100/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,800), German (950) and Romanian (300).
Total population (2011 census): 88,952
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 79,369 persons:
75,431 (95.04%)
1,837 (2.31%)
966 (1.22%)
Approx. 9,500 persons in Cegléd District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]