Derecske District

Derecske District Derecskei járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Derecske District within Hungary and Hajdú-Bihar County.
Country	Hungary
County	Hajdú-Bihar
District seat	Derecske
Area
• Total	650.30 km2 (251.08 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in Hajdú-Bihar
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	41,701
• Rank	4th in Hajdú-Bihar
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)

Derecske (Hungarian: Derecskei járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Derecske 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

Derecske District borders with Debrecen District and Nyíradony District to the north, the Romanian county of Bihor to the east, Berettyóújfalu District to the south, Püspökladány District and Hajdúszoboszló District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Derecske District is 13.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

• Derecske (8,906) – district seat
• Esztár (1,366)
• Hajdúbagos (1,972)
• Hosszúpályi (5,854)
• Kismarja (1,210)
• Kokad (619)
• Konyár (2,010)
• Létavértes (7,090)
• Mikepércs (4,434)
• Monostorpályi (2,136)
• Pocsaj (2,579)
• Sáránd (2,238)
• Tépe (1,119)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Derecske District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (45.5%)

  Catholic Church (6.9%)

  Greek Catholicism (6.1%)

  Other religions (1.5%)

  Non-religious (20.6%)

  Atheists (0.5%)

  Undeclared (18.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 41,701 and the population density was 64/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	41,701	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000) and Romanian (300).

Total population (2011 census): 41,701
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 40,738 persons:

• Hungarians: 37,464 (91.96%)
• Gypsies: 2,657 (6.52%)
• Others and indefinable: 617 (1.51%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Derecske District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Reformed – 18,989;
• Catholic – 5,410 (Roman Catholic – 2,872; Greek Catholic – 2,537);
• other religions – 628;
• Non-religious – 8,603;
• Atheism – 235;
• Undeclared – 7,836.

Gallery

• 
  Aerial view of Tépe
• 
  Reformed Church in Kismarja
• 
  Erdődy Mansion in Esztár
• 
  Church of Immaculate Conception in Hosszúpályi

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Derecske District