Dunakeszi District

Dunakeszi (Hungarian: Dunakeszi járás) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. Dunakeszi is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Dunakeszi District Dunakeszi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Dunakeszi District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District seat	Dunakeszi
Area
• Total	103.08 km2 (39.80 sq mi)
• Rank	18th in Pest
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	78,634
• Rank	6th in Pest
• Density	763/km2 (1,980/sq mi)

Geography

Dunakeszi District borders with Vác District to the north, Gödöllő District to the east, Budapest to the south, Szentendre District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Dunakeszi District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns and 1 village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Csomád (1,546)
• Dunakeszi (40,441) – district seat
• Fót (18,927)
• Göd (17,843)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Dunakeszi District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (28.9%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.9%)

  Calvinism (9.8%)

  Lutheranism (2.2%)

  Orthodoxy (0.1%)

  Judaism (0.1%)

  Other religions (2.1%)

  Non-religious (19.8%)

  Atheists (2.5%)

  Undeclared (33.6%)

In 2011, it had a population of 78,634 and the population density was 763/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	78,634	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 800), Roma (550), Slovak (350), Romanian (300) and Russian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 78,634
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 70,028 persons:

• Hungarians: 66,372 (94.78%)
• Germans: 804 (1.15%)
• Others and indefinable: 2,852 (4.07%)

Approx. 8,500 persons in Dunakeszi District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 23,404 (Roman Catholic – 22,690; Greek Catholic – 694);
• Reformed – 7,736;
• Evangelical – 1,772;
• Orthodox – 82;
• Judaism – 104;
• other religions – 1,640;
• Non-religious – 15,560;
• Atheism – 1,950;
• Undeclared – 26,386.

Gallery

• 
  Dunakeszi, Town Hall
• 
  Danube river in Göd
• 
  Roman Catholic Church in Fót
• 
  Landscape near Csomád

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Dunakeszi District