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Nagykáta District

Coordinates: 47°25′00″N 19°44′00″E / 47.4167°N 19.7333°E / 47.4167; 19.7333
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Nagykáta District
Nagykátai járás
Official logo of Nagykáta District
Nagykáta District within Hungary and Pest County.
Nagykáta District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatNagykáta
Area
 • Total710.12 km2 (274.18 sq mi)
 • Rank2nd in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total73,959
 • Rank8th in Pest
 • Density104/km2 (270/sq mi)

Nagykáta (Hungarian: Nagykátai járás) is a district in eastern part of Pest County. Nagykáta is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

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Nagykáta District borders with Jászberény District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the northeast, Szolnok District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Cegléd District to the south, Monor District and Vecsés District to the southwest, Aszód District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykáta District is 15.

Municipalities

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The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 10 villages (population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

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Religion in Nagykáta District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (51.0%)
  Calvinism (7.4%)
  Lutheranism (2.0%)
  Other religions (1.7%)
  Non-religious (11.4%)
  Atheists (0.7%)
  Undeclared (25.4%)

In 2011, it had a population of 73,959 and the population density was 104/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 73,959 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,250), German and Romanian (275).

Total population (2011 census): 73,959
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 67,414 persons:

  • Hungarians: 64,033 (94.98%)
  • Gypsies: 2,233 (3.31%)
  • Others and indefinable: 1,148 (1.70%)

Approx. 5,500 persons in Nagykáta District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Nagykátai járás népessége"
  3. ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
  4. ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
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47°25′00″N 19°44′00″E / 47.4167°N 19.7333°E / 47.4167; 19.7333