Debrecen District

Debrecen (Hungarian: Debreceni járás) is a district in central part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Debrecen is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Debrecen District Debreceni járás
Districts of Hungary
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Debrecen District within Hungary and Hajdú-Bihar County.
Country	Hungary
County	Hajdú-Bihar
District seat	Debrecen
Area
• Total	531.12 km2 (205.07 sq mi)
• Rank	7th in Hajdú-Bihar
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	224,228
• Rank	1st in Hajdú-Bihar
• Density	423/km2 (1,100/sq mi)

Geography

Debrecen District borders with Hajdúböszörmény District, Hajdúhadház District and Nagykálló District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the north, Nyíradony District to the east, Derecske District to the south, Hajdúszoboszló District and Balmazújváros District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Debrecen District is 2.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 1 town. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Debrecen (207,594) – district and county seat
• Hajdúsámson (13,105)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Debrecen District (2011 census)

1. Calvinism (25.1%)
2. Lutheranism (0.40%)
3. Catholic Church (10.9%)
4. Greek Catholicism (5.00%)
5. Other religions (2.50%)
6. Non-religious (26.2%)
7. Atheists (1.80%)
8. Undeclared (28.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 224,448 and the population density was 423/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	224,448	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), German (1,300), Romanian (800), Arab (350), Russian and Ukrainian (300), Bulgarian (200), Rusyn, Slovak, Polish, Armenian, Greek and Serb (100).

Total population (2011 census): 224,448
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 200,417 persons:

• Hungarians: 190,831 (95.22%)
• Others and indefinable: 9,586 (4.78%)

Approx. 24,000 persons in Debrecen District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Reformed – 56,252;
• Catholic – 35,782 (Roman Catholic – 24,422; Greek Catholic – 11,339);
• Evangelical – 820;
• other religions – 5,571;
• Non-religious – 58,858;
• Atheism – 3,975;
• Undeclared – 63,190.

Gallery

• 
  Debrecen, the Calvinist Rome
• 
  Downtown of Debrecen
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  Main facede of University of Debrecen
• 
  Reformed Great Church of Debrecen
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  Nagyerdő
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  Aerial view of Hajdúsámson
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  Csokonai Theatre (Debrecen)
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  Déri Museum (Debrecen)

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary