Sárospatak District

Sárospatak District Sárospataki járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Sárospatak District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country	Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat	Sárospatak
Area
• Total	477.67 km^2 (184.43 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	24,946
• Rank	8th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density	52/km^2 (130/sq mi)

Sárospatak (Hungarian: Sárospataki járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Sárospatak is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Sárospatak District borders with Sátoraljaújhely District to the north, Cigánd District to the east, Ibrány District and Nyíregyháza District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Tokaj District and Gönc District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Sárospatak District is 16.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

• Bodrogolaszi (882)
• Erdőhorváti (545)
• Györgytarló (563)
• Háromhuta (125)
• Hercegkút (624)
• Kenézlő (1,229)
• Komlóska (237)
• Makkoshotyka (869)
• Olaszliszka (1,661)
• Sárazsadány (249)
• Sárospatak (12,590) – district seat
• Tolcsva (1,681)
• Vajdácska (1,302)
• Vámosújfalu (857)
• Viss (631)
• Zalkod (201)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Sárospatak District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (33.6%)

  Greek Catholicism (13.4%)

  Calvinism (22.4%)

  Lutheranism (0.1%)

  Other religions (1.3%)

  Non-religious (4.0%)

  Atheists (0.4%)

  Undeclared (24.8%)

In 2011, it had a population of 24,946 and the population density was 52/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	24,946	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500), German (650) and Rusyn (350).

Total population (2011 census): 24,946
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 23,789 persons:

• Hungarians: 21,009 (88.31%)
• Gypsies: 1,502 (6.31%)
• Germans: 629 (2.64%)
• Rusyns: 359 (1.51%)
• Others and indefinable: 290 (1.22%)

Approx. 1,000 people in Sárospatak District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 11,714 (Roman Catholic – 8,376; Greek Catholic – 3,331);
• Reformed – 5,600;
• Evangelical – 36;
• other religions – 332;
• Non-religious – 1,009;
• Atheism – 100;
• Undeclared – 6,155.

Gallery

• 
  Sárospatak Castle
• 
  Aerial view of Háromhuta (Óhuta)
• 
  Meczner Mansion in Makkoshotyka
• 
  Castle Church in Sárospatak

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Sárospataki 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 Sárospatak District

48.3000°N 21.5167°E / 48.3000; 21.5167