Cegléd District

Cegléd (Ceglédi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. Cegléd is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography
Cegléd District borders with Nagykáta District to the north, Szolnok District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) and Nagykőrös District to the south, Kecskemét District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the southwest, Dabas District to the west, Monor District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Cegléd District is 12.

Municipalities
The district has 3 towns and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) • Abony (14,769)

• Albertirsa (12,181)

• Cegléd (36,384) – district seat

• Ceglédbercel (4,364)

• Csemő (4,166)

• Dánszentmiklós (3,103)

• Jászkarajenő (2,724)

• Kőröstetétlen (904)

• Mikebuda (681)

• Tápiószőlős (2,928)

• Törtel (4,383)

• Újszilvás (2,674) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 88,952 and the population density was 100/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,800), German (950) and Romanian (300).

Total population (2011 census): 88,952 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 79,369 persons: Approx. 9,500 persons in Cegléd District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 75,431 (95.04%)
 * Gypsies: 1,837 (2.31%)
 * Germans: 966 (1.22%)
 * Others and indefinable: 1,135 (1.43%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 32,171 (Roman Catholic – 31,892; Greek Catholic – 268);
 * Reformed – 10,632;
 * Evangelical – 3,987;
 * other religions – 1,257;
 * Non-religious – 14,304;
 * Atheism – 781;
 * Undeclared – 25,820.