Sárospatak District

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

Geography
Sárospatak District borders with Sátoraljaújhely District to the north, Cigánd District to the east, Ibrány District and Nyíregyháza District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Tokaj District and Gönc District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Sárospatak District is 16.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town and 15 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Bodrogolaszi (882)

• Erdőhorváti (545)

• Györgytarló (563)

• Háromhuta (125)

• Hercegkút (624)

• Kenézlő (1,229)

• Komlóska (237)

• Makkoshotyka (869)

• Olaszliszka (1,661)

• Sárazsadány (249)

• Sárospatak (12,590) – district seat

• Tolcsva (1,681)

• Vajdácska (1,302)

• Vámosújfalu (857)

• Viss (631)

• Zalkod (201) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 24,946 and the population density was 52/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500), German (650) and Rusyn (350).

Total population (2011 census): 24,946 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 23,789 persons: Approx. 1,000 people in Sárospatak District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 21,009 (88.31%)
 * Gypsies: 1,502 (6.31%)
 * Germans: 629 (2.64%)
 * Rusyns: 359 (1.51%)
 * Others and indefinable: 290 (1.22%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 11,714 (Roman Catholic – 8,376; Greek Catholic – 3,331);
 * Reformed – 5,600;
 * Evangelical – 36;
 * other religions – 332;
 * Non-religious – 1,009;
 * Atheism – 100;
 * Undeclared – 6,155.