Tiszafüred District

Tiszafüred District Tiszafüredi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Tiszafüred District within Hungary and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District seat	Tiszafüred
Area
• Total	417.05 km2 (161.02 sq mi)
Area rank	9th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	19,559
• Rank	9th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)

Tiszafüred (Hungarian : Tiszafüredi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Tiszafüred is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography

Tiszafüred District borders with Mezőkövesd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the north, Balmazújváros District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Karcag District to the south, Kunhegyes District and Füzesabony District (Heves County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszafüred District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 6 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) ^[1]

• Nagyiván (1,179)
• Tiszaderzs (1,046)
• Tiszafüred (10,694) – district seat
• Tiszaigar (813)
• Tiszaörs (1,225)
• Tiszaszentimre (2,086)
• Tiszaszőlős (1,945)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Tiszafüred District (2011 census)

   Catholic Church (27.2%)

   Greek Catholicism (0.4%)

   Calvinism (21.5%)

   Lutheranism (0.2%)

  Other religions (1.3%)

   Non-religious (20.7%)

   Atheists (0.7%)

  Undeclared (28.0%)

In 2011, it had a population of 19,559 and the population density was 47/km².

Year	County population [2]	Change
2011	19,559	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,000) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 19,559
Ethnic groups (2011 census): ^[3] Identified themselves: 17,758 persons:

• Hungarians: 16,572 (93.32%)
• Gypsies: 708 (3.99%)
• Germans: 228 (1.28%)
• Others and indefinable: 250 (1.41%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Tiszafüred District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 5,389 (Roman Catholic – 5,318; Greek Catholic – 71);
• Reformed – 4,211;
• Evangelical – 37;
• other religions – 248;
• Non-religious – 4,047;
• Atheism – 145;
• Undeclared – 5,482.

Gallery

• 
  Tiszafüred, Town Hall
• 
  Tisza river in Tiszaörvény
• 
  Aerial view of Tiszaderzs
• 
  Our Lady of Hungary Church in Tiszafüred

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Tiszafüredi járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)

External links

• Postal codes of the Tiszafüred District

Coordinates: 47°29′00″N20°42′00″E / 47.4833°N 20.7000°E / 47.4833; 20.7000