Cegléd District

Cegléd (Hungarian: Ceglédi járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. Cegléd is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Cegléd District Ceglédi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Cegléd District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District seat	Cegléd
Area
• Total	886.30 km2 (342.20 sq mi)
• Rank	1st in Pest
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	88,952
• Rank	4th in Pest
• Density	100/km2 (300/sq mi)

Geography

Cegléd District borders with Nagykáta District to the north, Szolnok District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the east, Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) and Nagykőrös District to the south, Kecskemét District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the southwest, Dabas District to the west, Monor District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Cegléd District is 12.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Abony (14,769)
• Albertirsa (12,181)
• Cegléd (36,384) – district seat
• Ceglédbercel (4,364)
• Csemő (4,166)
• Dánszentmiklós (3,103)
• Jászkarajenő (2,724)
• Kőröstetétlen (904)
• Mikebuda (681)
• Tápiószőlős (2,928)
• Törtel (4,383)
• Újszilvás (2,674)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Cegléd District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (35.9%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)

  Calvinism (12.0%)

  Lutheranism (4.5%)

  Other religions (1.4%)

  Non-religious (16.1%)

  Atheists (0.8%)

  Undeclared (29.0%)

In 2011, it had a population of 88,952 and the population density was 100/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	88,952	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,800), German (950) and Romanian (300).

Total population (2011 census): 88,952
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 79,369 persons:

• Hungarians: 75,431 (95.04%)
• Gypsies: 1,837 (2.31%)
• Germans: 966 (1.22%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,135 (1.43%)

Approx. 9,500 persons in Cegléd District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 32,171 (Roman Catholic – 31,892; Greek Catholic – 268);
• Reformed – 10,632;
• Evangelical – 3,987;
• other religions – 1,257;
• Non-religious – 14,304;
• Atheism – 781;
• Undeclared – 25,820.

Gallery

• 
  Cegléd, the district seat
• 
  Millennium Monument in Kőröstetétlen
• 
  Aerial view of Dánszentmiklós
• 
  Roman Catholic Church in Abony

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Cegléd District