Szerencs District

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

Geography
Szerencs District borders with Szikszó District and Gönc District to the north, Tokaj District to the east, Tiszavasvári District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) and Tiszaújváros District to the south, Miskolc District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szerencs District is 16.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Alsódobsza (319)

• Bekecs (2,391)

• Golop (523)

• Legyesbénye (1,516)

• Mád (2,128)

• Megyaszó (2,722)

• Mezőzombor (2,378)

• Monok (1,558)

• Prügy (2,348)

• Rátka (946)

• Szerencs (9,100) – district seat

• Taktaharkány (3,642)

• Taktakenéz (1,243)

• Taktaszada (1,878)

• Tállya (1,905)

• Tiszalúc (5,304) The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 38,106 and the population density was 88/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000) and German (850).

Total population (2011 census): 38,106 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 38,709 persons: Approx. 500 persons in Szerencs District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 33,893 (87.56%)
 * Gypsies: 3,777 (9.76%)
 * Germans: 827 (2.14%)
 * Others and indefinable: 212 (0.55%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 18,124 (Roman Catholic – 16,714; Greek Catholic – 1,410);
 * Reformed – 9,433;
 * Evangelical – 51;
 * other religions – 403;
 * Non-religious – 2,083;
 * Atheism – 121;
 * Undeclared – 7,891.