Jászapáti District

Jászapáti District

*Jászapáti járás*
Jászapáti District Jászapáti járás
Districts of Hungary
	Coat of arms
	Jászapáti District within Hungary and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District seat	Jászapáti
Area
• Total	544.45 km2 (210.21 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Population (2011 census)
• Total	33,172
• Rank	6th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)

Jászapáti (Hungarian: Jászapáti járás) is a district in north-western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Jászapáti 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 Jászság historical, ethnographical and geographical region.

Geography

Jászapáti District borders with Heves District (Heves County) to the northeast, Szolnok District to the east and south, Jászberény District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Jászapáti District is 9.

History

The Jászapáti District existed before the cessation of the districts in 1983, known as the Lower Jászság District since the 1950s. It was headquartered in Jászapáti and was closed in 1961, when its territory was divided between mainly Jászberény and Szolnok Districts.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 6 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

Alattyán (2,101)
Jánoshida (2,424)
Jászalsószentgyörgy (3,432)
Jászapáti (8,947) – district seat
Jászdózsa (2,110)
Jászivány (405)
Jászkisér (5,165)
Jászladány (5,717)
Jászszentandrás (2,435)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Jászapáti District (2011 census)

Catholic Church (58.4%)

Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

Calvinism (5.3%)

Lutheranism (0.2%)

Other religions (1.4%)

Non-religious (11.5%)

Atheists (0.5%)

Undeclared (22.6%)

In 2011, it had a population of 33,172 and the population density was 61/km².

Year	County population^[2]	Change
2011	33,172	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000) and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 33,172
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 32,580 persons:

Hungarians: 29,293 (89.12%)
Gypsies: 3,142 (9.64%)
Others and indefinable: 145 (0.45%)

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

Religion

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

Catholic – 19,433 (Roman Catholic – 19,370; Greek Catholic – 61);
Reformed – 1,751;
Evangelical – 56;
other religions – 472;
Non-religious – 3,807;
Atheism – 153;
Undeclared – 7,500.

Transport

Road network

Main road (W→E): Budapest... – Jászapáti District (1 municipality: Jászapáti) – ...Dormánd
Main road (NW→SE): Hatvan... – Jászapáti District (2 municipalities: Alattyán, Jászalsószentgyörgy) – ...Szolnok