Szob District

Szob (Hungarian: Szobi járás) is a district in northern part of Pest County. Szob is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Szob District Szobi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Szob District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District seat	Szob
Area
• Total	438.32 km2 (169.24 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in Pest
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	24,875
• Rank	18th in Pest
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)

Geography

Szob District borders with the Slovakian region of Nitra to the north and west, Balassagyarmat District, Rétság District (Nógrád County) and Vác District to the east, Szentendre District to the south, Esztergom District (Komárom-Esztergom County) to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Szob District is 17.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 15 villages.

• Bernecebaráti (904)
• Ipolydamásd (352)
• Ipolytölgyes (417)
• Kemence (990)
• Kismaros (2,093)
• Kóspallag (751)
• Letkés (1,119)
• Márianosztra (878)
• Nagybörzsöny (744)
• Nagymaros (4,756)
• Perőcsény (289)
• Szob (2,806) – district seat
• Szokolya (1,810)
• Tésa (78)
• Vámosmikola (1,644)
• Verőce (3,643)
• Zebegény (1,213)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Szob District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (53.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.5%)

  Calvinism (8.4%)

  Lutheranism (1.6%)

  Other religions (1.7%)

  Non-religious (9.9%)

  Atheists (1.0%)

  Undeclared (23.4%)

In 2011, it had a population of 24,875 and the population density was 57/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	24,875	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 900), Roma (500) and Slovak (100).

Total population (2011 census): 24,875
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 23,598 persons:

• Hungarians: 21,716 (92.02%)
• Germans: 865 (3.67%)
• Gypsies: 515 (2.18%)
• Others and indefinable: 502 (2.13%)

Approx. 1,000 persons in Szob District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 13,439 (Roman Catholic – 13,316; Greek Catholic – 118);
• Reformed – 2,078;
• Evangelical – 405;
• other religions – 413;
• Non-religious – 2,456;
• Atheism – 258;
• Undeclared – 5,826.

Gallery

• 
  Downtown of Szob
• 
  Danube river from Nagymaros
• 
  Our Lady of Hungary Church in Márianosztra
• 
  Panorama from Ipolytölgyes

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Szob District