Vác District
Geography
Vác District borders with Rétság District and Balassagyarmat District (Nógrád County) to the north, Pásztó District (Nógrád County) and Aszód District to the east, Gödöllő District and Dunakeszi District to the south, Szentendre District and Szob District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Vác District is 18.
Municipalities
The district has 2 towns and 16 village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
- Acsa (1,407)
- Csörög (1,891)
- Csővár (633)
- Galgagyörk (1,087)
- Kisnémedi (640)
- Kosd (2,483)
- Őrbottyán (7,091)
- Penc (1,502)
- Püspökhatvan (1,453)
- Püspökszilágy (756)
- Rád (1,944)
- Sződ (3,586)
- Sződliget (4,423)
- Vác (33,475) – district seat
- Vácduka (1,360)
- Váchartyán (1,772)
- Váckisújfalu (409)
- Vácrátót (1,869)
The bolded municipalities are cities.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 68,234 and the population density was 188/km².
Year | County population | Change |
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2011 | 68,234 | n/a |
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,100), Slovak (1,000), German (650) and Romanian (200).
Total population (2011 census): 68,234
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 62,694 persons:
- Hungarians: 58,696 (93.62%)
- Gypsies: 1,135 (1.81%)
- Slovaks: 989 (1.58%)
- Germans: 659 (1.05%)
- Others and indefinable: 1,215 (1.94%)
Approx. 5,500 persons in Vác District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
- Catholic – 28,657 (Roman Catholic – 28,378; Greek Catholic – 274);
- Reformed – 5,286;
- Evangelical – 3,426;
- other religions – 1,834;
- Non-religious – 8,525;
- Atheism – 964;
- Undeclared – 19,542.
Gallery
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Downtown of Vác
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Prónay Mansion in Acsa
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View of Naszály
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Assumption Cathedral in Vác
See also
References
- ^ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
- ^ népesség.com, "Váci járás népessége"
- ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
- ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
External links
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