Encs District

Encs (Hungarian: Encsi járás) is a district in northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Encs is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Encs District Encsi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Encs District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Country	Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat	Encs
Area
• Total	378.39 km2 (146.10 sq mi)
• Rank	10th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	21,390
• Rank	10th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)

Geography

Encs District borders with the Slovakian region of Košice to the north, Gönc District to the east and south, Szikszó District and Edelény District to the south and west. The number of the inhabited places in Encs District is 29.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 28 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

• Alsógagy (96)
• Baktakék (716)
• Beret (274)
• Büttös (174)
• Csenyéte (451)
• Csobád (680)
• Detek (279)
• Encs (6,197) – district seat
• Fáj (364)
• Fancsal (301)
• Felsőgagy (173)
• Forró (2,466)
• Fulókércs (400)
• Gagyapáti (13)
• Garadna (441)
• Hernádpetri (254)
• Hernádszentandrás (465)
• Hernádvécse (1,001)
• Ináncs (1,268)
• Kány (59)
• Keresztéte (70)
• Krasznokvajda (441)
• Litka (49)
• Méra (1,754)
• Novajidrány (1,398)
• Perecse (40)
• Pusztaradvány (257)
• Szalaszend (1,108)
• Szemere (373)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Encs District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (53.8%)

  Greek Catholicism (9.4%)

  Calvinism (15.8%)

  Lutheranism (1.3%)

  Other religions (0.8%)

  Non-religious (4.1%)

  Atheists (0.2%)

  Undeclared (14.6%)

In 2011, it had a population of 21,390 and the population density was 56/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	21,390	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 5,000).

Total population (2011 census): 21,390
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 25,108 persons:

• Hungarians: 19,862 (79.11%)
• Gypsies: 4,973 (19.81%)
• Others and indefinable: 273 (1.09%)

Approx. 4,000 persons in Encs District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 13,537 (Roman Catholic – 11,519; Greek Catholic – 2,013);
• Reformed – 3,371;
• Evangelical – 277;
• other religions – 172;
• Non-religious – 868;
• Atheism – 41;
• Undeclared – 3,124.

Gallery

• 
  Encs, the district seat
• 
  Pallavicini Mansion in Pusztaradvány
• 
  Aerial view of Forró
• 
  St. Teresa Church in Ináncs

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Encs District