Salgótarján District

Salgótarján District Salgótarjáni járás
Districts of Hungary
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Salgótarján District within Hungary and Nógrád County.
Country	Hungary
County	Nógrád
District seat	Salgótarján
Area
• Total	525.23 km^2 (202.79 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd in Nógrád
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	64,601
• Rank	1st in Nógrád
• Density	123/km^2 (320/sq mi)

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

Geography

Salgótarján District borders with the Slovakian region of Banská Bystrica to the north, Ózd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) and Bátonyterenye District to the southeast, Pásztó District to the south, Szécsény District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Salgótarján District is 29.

Municipalities

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

• Bárna (1,081)
• Cered (1,122)
• Egyházasgerge (741)
• Etes (1,429)
• Ipolytarnóc (452)
• Karancsalja (1,557)
• Karancsberény (884)
• Karancskeszi (1,905)
• Karancslapujtő (2,651)
• Karancsság (1,242)
• Kazár (1,870)
• Kisbárkány (194)
• Kishartyán (536)
• Litke (885)
• Lucfalva (631)
• Márkháza (252)
• Mátraszele (984)
• Mihálygerge (595)
• Nagybárkány (673)
• Nagykeresztúr (247)
• Rákóczibánya (677)
• Ságújfalu (1,059)
• Salgótarján (37,199) – district and county seat
• Sámsonháza (270)
• Somoskőújfalu (2,280)
• Sóshartyán (955)
• Szilaspogony (296)
• Vizslás (1,347)
• Zabar (490)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Salgótarján District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (47.7%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Lutheranism (1.8%)

  Calvinism (1.8%)

  Other religions (2.3%)

  Non-religious (19.6%)

  Atheists (1.2%)

  Undeclared (25.4%)

In 2011, it had a population of 64,601 and the population density was 123/km^2.

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	64,601	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 5,500), Slovak (400) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 64,601
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 62,958 persons:

• Hungarians: 56,484 (89.72%)
• Gypsies: 5,383 (8.55%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,091 (1.73%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Salgótarján District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 30,966 (Roman Catholic – 30,846; Greek Catholic – 118);
• Evangelical – 1,182;
• Reformed – 1,136;
• other religions – 1,468;
• Non-religious – 12,682;
• Atheism – 750;
• Undeclared – 16,417.

Gallery

• 
  Downtown of Salgótarján
• 
  Aerial view of Kazár
• 
  Nature Reserve Ipolytarnóc Fossils
• 
  Salgó Castle
• 
  View of Salgótarján
• 
  Town Hall in Salgótarján
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  Conferential Centre (Salgótarján)
• 
  All Saints Church in Karancsberény

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Salgótarjáni 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 Salgótarján District

48.1167°N 19.8000°E / 48.1167; 19.8000