Balmazújváros District

Balmazújváros (Balmazújvárosi járás) is a district in north-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Balmazújváros 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
Balmazújváros District borders with Mezőcsát District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) and Hajdúnánás District to the north, Hajdúböszörmény District and Debrecen District to the east, Hajdúszoboszló District to the south, Tiszafüred District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Balmazújváros District is 5.

Municipalities
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Balmazújváros (17,354) – district seat

• Egyek (4,895)

• Hortobágy (1,487)

• Újszentmargita (1,399)

• Tiszacsege (4,481) The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 30,191 and the population density was 36/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 30,191 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,278 persons: Approx. 2,000 persons in Balmazújváros District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 25,928 (91.69%)
 * Gypsies: 1,976 (6.99%)
 * Others and indefinable: 374 (1.32%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Reformed – 5,562;
 * Catholic – 4,839 (Roman Catholic – 4,674; Greek Catholic – 164);
 * other religions – 424;
 * Non-religious – 11,484;
 * Atheism – 393;
 * Undeclared – 7,489.