Tiszafüred District

Tiszafüred (Tiszafüredi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Tiszafüred is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography
Tiszafüred District borders with Mezőkövesd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the north, Balmazújváros District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Karcag District to the south, Kunhegyes District and Füzesabony District (Heves County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tiszafüred District is 7.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town and 6 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Nagyiván (1,179)

• Tiszaderzs (1,046)

• Tiszafüred (10,694) – district seat

• Tiszaigar (813)

• Tiszaörs (1,225)

• Tiszaszentimre (2,086)

• Tiszaszőlős (1,945) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 19,559 and the population density was 47/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,000) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 19,559 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 17,758 persons: Approx. 2,000 persons in Tiszafüred District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 16,572 (93.32%)
 * Gypsies: 708 (3.99%)
 * Germans: 228 (1.28%)
 * Others and indefinable: 250 (1.41%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 5,389 (Roman Catholic – 5,318; Greek Catholic – 71);
 * Reformed – 4,211;
 * Evangelical – 37;
 * other religions – 248;
 * Non-religious – 4,047;
 * Atheism – 145;
 * Undeclared – 5,482.