Cigánd District

Cigánd (Cigándi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. The district seat is in a town that is called Cigánd as well. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography
Cigánd District borders with the Slovakian region of Košice to the north, Záhony District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the east, Kisvárda District and Ibrány District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Sárospatak District and Sátoraljaújhely District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Cigánd District is 15.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Bodroghalom (1,303)

• Cigánd (2,682) – district seat

• Dámóc (397)

• Karcsa (1,734)

• Karos (496)

• Kisrozvágy (121)

• Lácacséke (264)

• Nagyrozvágy (609)

• Pácin (1,381)

• Révleányvár (469)

• Ricse (1,661)

• Semjén (446)

• Tiszacsermely (554)

• Tiszakarád (2,279)

• Zemplénagárd (722) The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 16,042 and the population density was 41/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 3,000).

Total population (2011 census): 16,042 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 17,333 persons: Approx. 1,500 persons in Cigánd District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 14,606 (84.27%)
 * Gypsies: 2,646 (15.27%)
 * Others and indefinable: 81 (0.47%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Reformed – 7,958;
 * Catholic – 3,770 (Roman Catholic – 2,510; Greek Catholic – 1,260);
 * other religions – 438;
 * Non-religious – 1,419;
 * Atheism – 21;
 * Undeclared – 2,436.