Nagykáta District

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

Geography
Nagykáta District borders with Jászberény District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the northeast, Szolnok District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Cegléd District to the south, Monor District and Vecsés District to the southwest, Aszód District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykáta District is 15.

Municipalities
The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 10 villages (population, as of 1 January 2013) • Farmos (3,507)

• Kóka (4,316)

• Mende (4,133)

• Nagykáta (12,576) – district seat

• Sülysáp (8,188)

• Szentlőrinckáta (1,915)

• Szentmártonkáta (4,905)

• Tápióbicske (3,331)

• Tápiógyörgye (3,461)

• Tápióság (2,586)

• Tápiószecső (6,162)

• Tápiószele (5,992)

• Tápiószentmárton (5,298)

• Tóalmás (3,219)

• Úri (2,573) The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 73,959 and the population density was 104/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,250), German and Romanian (275).

Total population (2011 census): 73,959 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 67,414 persons: Approx. 5,500 persons in Nagykáta District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 64,033 (94.98%)
 * Gypsies: 2,233 (3.31%)
 * Others and indefinable: 1,148 (1.70%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 37,980 (Roman Catholic – 37,697; Greek Catholic – 277);
 * Reformed – 5,474;
 * Evangelical – 1,527;
 * other religions – 1,251;
 * Non-religious – 8,408;
 * Atheism – 556;
 * Undeclared – 18,763.