Pilisvörösvár District

Pilisvörösvár (Hungarian: Pilisvörösvári járás; German: Kreis Werischwar) is a district in north-western part of Pest County. Pilisvörösvár is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Pilisvörösvár District
Pilisvörösvári járás
Official logo of Pilisvörösvár District
Pilisvörösvár District within Hungary and Pest County.
Pilisvörösvár District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country Hungary
CountyPest
District seatPilisvörösvár
Area
 • Total130.81 km2 (50.51 sq mi)
 • Rank16th in Pest
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total53,201
 • Rank11th in Pest
 • Density407/km2 (1,050/sq mi)

Geography edit

Pilisvörösvár District borders with Szentendre District to the northeast, Budapest to the southeast, Budakeszi District to the south, Esztergom District (Komárom-Esztergom County) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Pilisvörösvár District is 9.

Municipalities edit

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 6 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

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

Demographics edit

Religion in Pilisvörösvár District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (44.1%)
  Calvinism (8.1%)
  Lutheranism (1.2%)
  Orthodoxy (0.2%)
  Judaism (0.1%)
  Other religions (2.2%)
  Non-religious (14.2%)
  Atheists (1.8%)
  Undeclared (27.4%)

In 2011, it had a population of 53,201 and the population density was 407/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 53,201 n/a

Ethnicity edit

Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 7,000), Slovak (1,100), Roma (500), Russian and Romanian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 53,201
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 56,661 persons:

Approx. 3,500 persons in Pilisvörösvár District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion edit

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

Gallery edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Pilisvörösvári járás népessége"
  3. ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
  4. ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links edit

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