Nagykálló District

Nagykálló (Nagykállói járás) is a district in southern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Nagykálló 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 Nyírség geographical region.

Geography
Nagykálló District borders with Baktalórántháza District to the northeast, Nyírbátor District and Nyíradony District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Debrecen District and Hajdúhadház District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Nyíregyháza District to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykálló District is 8.

Municipalities
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) • Balkány (6,468)

• Biri (1,424)

• Bököny (3,221)

• Érpatak (1,692)

• Geszteréd (1,761)

• Kállósemjén (3,600)

• Nagykálló (9,469) – district seat

• Szakoly (2,795) The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 30,403 and the population density was 81/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500) and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 30,403 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,131 persons: Approx. 2,500 persons in Nagykálló District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 26,504 (94.22%)
 * Gypsies: 1,220 (4.34%)
 * Others and indefinable: 407 (1.45%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 15,491 (Roman Catholic – 7,763; Greek Catholic – 7,728);
 * Reformed – 5,607;
 * Evangelical – 148;
 * other religions – 233;
 * Non-religious – 1,602;
 * Atheism – 96;
 * Undeclared – 7,226.