Püspökladány District

Püspökladány District Püspökladányi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Püspökladány District within Hungary and Hajdú-Bihar County.
Country	Hungary
County	Hajdú-Bihar
District seat	Püspökladány
Area
• Total	729.04 km^2 (281.48 sq mi)
• Rank	4th in Hajdú-Bihar
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	40,426
• Rank	6th in Hajdú-Bihar
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)

Püspökladány (Hungarian: Püspökladányi járás) is a district in south-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Püspökladány is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Hajdúság historical and geographical region.

Geography

Püspökladány District borders with Hajdúszoboszló District to the north, Derecske District and Berettyóújfalu District to the east, Szeghalom District (Békés County) to the south, Karcag District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Püspökladány District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 3 large villages and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

• Báránd (2,530)
• Bihardancsháza (180)
• Biharnagybajom (2,731)
• Bihartorda (897)
• Földes (3,998)
• Kaba (5,932)
• Nagyrábé (1,974)
• Püspökladány (14,698) – district seat
• Sáp (938)
• Sárrétudvari (2,751)
• Szerep (1,506)
• Tetétlen (1,394)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Püspökladány District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (40.9%)

  Catholic Church (6.6%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)

  Other religions (0.9%)

  Non-religious (28.4%)

  Atheists (0.6%)

  Undeclared (22.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 40,426 and the population density was 55/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	40,426	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500).

Total population (2011 census): 40,426
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 37,778 persons:

• Hungarians: 35,227 (93.25%)
• Gypsies: 2,253 (5.96%)
• Others and indefinable: 298 (0.79%)

Approx. 3,000 persons in Püspökladány District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Reformed – 16,521;
• Catholic – 2,833 (Roman Catholic – 2,689; Greek Catholic – 142);
• other religions – 345;
• Non-religious – 11,462;
• Atheism – 227;
• Undeclared – 9,038.

Gallery

• 
  Püspökladány, the district seat
• 
  Reformed Church in Földes
• 
  Traditional house from Biharnagybajom
• 
  Aerial view of Püspökladány

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Püspökladányi 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 Püspökladány District

47.3167°N 21.2167°E / 47.3167; 21.2167