Balassagyarmat District

Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: Balassagyarmati járás) is a district in north-western part of Nógrád County. Balassagyarmat is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Balassagyarmat District
Balassagyarmati járás
Districts of Hungary
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Balassagyarmat District within Hungary and Nógrád County.
Balassagyarmat District within Hungary and Nógrád County.
Country Hungary
CountyNógrád
District seatBalassagyarmat
Area
 • Total532.94 km2 (205.77 sq mi)
 • Rank2nd in Nógrád
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total40,326
 • Rank2nd in Nógrád
 • Density76/km2 (200/sq mi)

Geography

Balassagyarmat District borders with the Slovakian regions of Nitra and Banská Bystrica to the north, Szécsény District and Pásztó District to the east, Vác District (Pest County) to the south, Rétság District to the southwest, Szob District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balassagyarmat District is 29.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 28 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Balassagyarmat District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (61.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.1%)
  Lutheranism (6.4%)
  Calvinism (1.7%)
  Other religions (1.5%)
  Non-religious (5.1%)
  Atheists (0.8%)
  Undeclared (22.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 40,326 and the population density was 76/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 40,326 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), Slovak (400) and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 40,326
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 37,603 persons:

Approx. 2,500 persons in Balassagyarmat District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Balassagyarmati 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)

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