Oroszlány District

Oroszlány District Oroszlányi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Oroszlány District within Hungary and Komárom-Esztergom County.
Country	Hungary
County	Komárom-Esztergom
District seat	Oroszlány
Area
• Total	199.39 km^2 (76.98 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Komárom-Esztergom
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	26,163
• Rank	5th in Komárom-Esztergom
• Density	131/km^2 (340/sq mi)
Website	Official website

Oroszlány (Hungarian: Oroszlányi járás) is a district in southern part of Komárom-Esztergom County. Oroszlány is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Geography

Oroszlány District borders with Komárom District and Tata District to the north, Tatabánya District to the east, Bicske District and Mór District (Fejér County) to the south, Kisbér District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Oroszlány District is 6.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

• Bokod (2,046)
• Dad (1,008)
• Kecskéd (1,996)
• Kömlőd (1,111)
• Oroszlány (18,326) – district seat
• Szákszend (1,486)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Oroszlány District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (28.2%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.6%)

  Calvinism (8.7%)

  Lutheranism (4.9%)

  Other religions (1.5%)

  Non-religious (26.3%)

  Atheists (1.6%)

  Undeclared (28.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 26,163 and the population density was 131/km^2.

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	26,163	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 700), Roma and Slovak (200), Romanian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 26,163
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 23,489 persons:

• Hungarians: 21,761 (92.64%)
• Germans: 708 (3.01%)
• Gypsies: 498 (2.12%)
• Others and indefinable: 522 (2.22%)

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

Religion

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

• Catholic – 7,525 (Roman Catholic – 7,375; Greek Catholic – 147);
• Reformed – 2,284;
• Evangelical – 1,277;
• other religions – 397;
• Non-religious – 6,879;
• Atheism – 418;
• Undeclared – 7,382.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Oroszlányi 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]

External links

• Postal codes of the Oroszlány District

47.4833°N 18.3167°E / 47.4833; 18.3167