Szolnok District

Szolnok is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Szolnok is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography

Szolnok District borders with Jászberény District and Jászapáti District to the north, Kunhegyes District, Törökszentmiklós District and Mezőtúr District to the east, Kunszentmárton District and Tiszakécske District ' to the south, Cegléd District and Nagykáta District ' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szolnok District is 18.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 4 towns and 13 villages.
The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 118,241 and the population density was 129/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma, German, Russian and Romanian.
Total population : 118,241
Ethnic groups : Identified themselves: 106,079 persons:

Hungarians: 100,632
Gypsies: 3,108
Others and indefinable: 2,339

Approx. 12,000 persons in Szolnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

Catholic – 36,277 ;
Reformed – 7,721;
Evangelical – 525;
other religions – 1,427;
Non-religious – 35,231;
Atheism – 2,257;
Undeclared – 34,803.