Encs District

Encs (Encsi járás) is a district in northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Encs is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography
Encs District borders with the Slovakian region of Košice to the north, Gönc District to the east and south, Szikszó District and Edelény District to the south and west. The number of the inhabited places in Encs District is 29.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town and 28 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Alsógagy (96)

• Baktakék (716)

• Beret (274)

• Büttös (174)

• Csenyéte (451)

• Csobád (680)

• Detek (279)

• Encs (6,197) – district seat

• Fáj (364)

• Fancsal (301)

• Felsőgagy (173)

• Forró (2,466)

• Fulókércs (400)

• Gagyapáti (13)

• Garadna (441)

• Hernádpetri (254)

• Hernádszentandrás (465)

• Hernádvécse (1,001)

• Ináncs (1,268)

• Kány (59)

• Keresztéte (70)

• Krasznokvajda (441)

• Litka (49)

• Méra (1,754)

• Novajidrány (1,398)

• Perecse (40)

• Pusztaradvány (257)

• Szalaszend (1,108)

• Szemere (373) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 21,390 and the population density was 56/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 5,000).

Total population (2011 census): 21,390 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 25,108 persons: Approx. 4,000 persons in Encs District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 19,862 (79.11%)
 * Gypsies: 4,973 (19.81%)
 * Others and indefinable: 273 (1.09%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 13,537 (Roman Catholic – 11,519; Greek Catholic – 2,013);
 * Reformed – 3,371;
 * Evangelical – 277;
 * other religions – 172;
 * Non-religious – 868;
 * Atheism – 41;
 * Undeclared – 3,124.