Putnok District

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

Geography
Putnok District borders with the Slovakian regions of Banská Bystrica and Košice to the northwest, Edelény District and Kazincbarcika District to the east, Ózd District to the south. The number of the inhabited places in Putnok District is 26.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town and 25 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Aggtelek (535)

• Alsószuha (479)

• Bánréve (1,271)

• Dövény (283)

• Dubicsány (285)

• Felsőkelecsény (364)

• Felsőnyárád (980)

• Gömörszőlős (77)

• Hét (493)

• Imola (96)

• Jákfalva (525)

• Jósvafő (235)

• Kánó (163)

• Kelemér (525)

• Királd (834)

• Putnok (6,634) – district seat

• Ragály (649)

• Sajómercse (221)

• Sajónémeti (493)

• Sajópüspöki (503)

• Sajóvelezd (826)

• Serényfalva (970)

• Szuhafő (141)

• Trizs (195)

• Zádorfalva (480)

• Zubogy (577) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 19,290 and the population density was 49/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 19,290 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 18,547 persons: Approx. 1,000 persons in Putnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 16,821 (90.69%)
 * Gypsies: 1,573 (8.48%)
 * Others and indefinable: 153 (0.82%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 7,027 (Roman Catholic – 6,735; Greek Catholic – 291);
 * Reformed – 5,326;
 * Evangelical – 107;
 * other religions – 347;
 * Non-religious – 2,148;
 * Atheism – 79;
 * Undeclared – 4,256.