Szerencs District | |
Native Name: | Szerencsi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Szerencs Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Szerencs |
Area Total Km2: | 432.07 |
Area Rank: | 6th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 38,106 |
Population Rank: | 5th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
Population Density Km2: | 88 |
Szerencs (hu|Szerencsi járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Szerencs is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Szerencs District borders with Szikszó District and Gönc District to the north, Tokaj District to the east, Tiszavasvári District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) and Tiszaújváros District to the south, Miskolc District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szerencs District is 16.
The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 13 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.
In 2011, it had a population of 38,106 and the population density was 88/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000) and German (850).
Total population (2011 census): 38,106
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 38,709 persons:
33,893 (87.56%)
3,777 (9.76%)
827 (2.14%)
Approx. 500 persons in Szerencs District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]