Szentendre District

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

Szentendre District
Szentendrei járás
Districts of Hungary
Official logo of Szentendre District
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Szentendre District within Hungary and Pest County.
Szentendre District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatSzentendre
Area
 • Total326.58 km2 (126.09 sq mi)
 • Rank10th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total77,802
 • Rank7th in Pest
 • Density238/km2 (620/sq mi)

Geography

Szentendre District borders with Szob District to the north, Vác District and Dunakeszi District to the east, Budapest to the south, Pilisvörösvár District to the southwest, Esztergom District (Komárom-Esztergom County) to the west. The district includes the whole of Szentendre Island in the Danube. The number of the inhabited places in Szentendre District is 13.

Municipalities

The district has 4 towns, 1 large village and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Szentendre District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (36.4%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.9%)
  Calvinism (11.9%)
  Lutheranism (1.2%)
  Orthodoxy (0.5%)
  Judaism (0.2%)
  Other religions (2.2%)
  Non-religious (16.5%)
  Atheists (2.1%)
  Undeclared (28.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 77,802 and the population density was 238/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 77,802 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 2,500), Slovak (1,100), Roma (1,000), Serb (450), Romanian (300), Russian and Polish (150), Croat (100).

Total population (2011 census): 77,802
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 75,440 persons:

Approx. 2,500 persons in Szentendre 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, "Szentendrei 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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