Nyíregyháza District | |
Native Name: | Nyíregyházi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Nyíregyháza Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Nyíregyháza |
Area Total Km2: | 809.61 |
Area Rank: | 1st in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 168,118 |
Population Rank: | 1st in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Population Density Km2: | 208 |
Nyíregyháza (hu|Nyíregyházi járás) is a district in western part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Nyíregyháza 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 Nyírség geographical region.
Nyíregyháza District borders with Sárospatak District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County), Ibrány District and Kemecse District to the north, Baktalórántháza District and Nagykálló District to the east, Hajdúhadház District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Hajdúböszörmény District (Hajdú-Bihar County) and Tiszavasvári District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Nyíregyháza District is 15.
The district has 1 urban county, 3 towns and 11 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 168,118 and the population density was 208/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000), German (1,000), Ukrainian (500), Romanian and Russian (400), Slovak (250), Rusyn and Chinese (150) and Polish (100).
Total population (2011 census): 168,118
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 154,055 persons:
145,836 (94.66%)
4,041 (2.62%)
Approx. 14,000 persons in Nyíregyháza District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]