Kisvárda District

Kisvárda (Hungarian: Kisvárdai járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Kisvárda is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Rétköz and Nyírség geographical region.

Kisvárda District Kisvárdai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kisvárda District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seat	Kisvárda
Area
• Total	523.09 km2 (201.97 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	56,114
• Rank	3rd in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
• Density	107/km2 (280/sq mi)

Geography

Kisvárda District borders with Záhony District to the north, Vásárosnamény District to the east, Baktalórántháza District to the south, Kemecse District and Ibrány District to the west, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Kisvárda District is 23.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Ajak (3,785)
• Anarcs (1,910)
• Döge (2,206)
• Dombrád (4,070)
• Fényeslitke (2,516)
• Gyulaháza (1,939)
• Jéke (729)
• Kékcse (1,546)
• Kisvárda (16,888) – district seat
• Lövőpetri (467)
• Mezőladány (1,086)
• Nyírkarász (2,371)
• Nyírlövő (676)
• Nyírtass (2,063)
• Pap (1,839)
• Pátroha (2,905)
• Rétközberencs (1,105)
• Szabolcsbáka (1,199)
• Szabolcsveresmart (1,728)
• Tiszakanyár (1,599)
• Tornyospálca (2,655)
• Újdombrád (742)
• Újkenéz (1,026)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Kisvárda District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (42.6%)

  Lutheranism (0.1%)

  Catholic Church (24.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (12.6%)

  Other religions (1.5%)

  Non-religious (3.4%)

  Atheists (0.2%)

  Undeclared (15.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 56,114 and the population density was 107/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	56,114	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,500), Ukrainian (200), Russian and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 56,114
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 54,880 persons:

• Hungarians: 50,963 (92.86%)
• Gypsies: 3,250 (5.92%)
• Others and indefinable: 667 (1.22%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Kisvárda District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Reformed – 23,908;
• Catholic – 20,817 (Roman Catholic – 13,770; Greek Catholic – 7,046);
• Evangelical – 77;
• other religions – 844;
• Non-religious – 1,888;
• Atheism – 117;
• Undeclared – 8,463.

Gallery

• 
  Kisvárda, the district seat
• 
  Aerial view of Dombrád
• 
  View of Nyírkarász
• 
  Kisvárda Castle

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Kisvárda District