Nagykálló District

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Nagykálló District Nagykállói járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Nagykálló District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seat	Nagykálló
Area
• Total	377.36 km2 (145.70 sq mi)
• Rank	8th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	30,403
• Rank	7th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)

Nagykálló (Hungarian: Nagykállói járás) is a district in southern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Nagykálló 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 Nyírség geographical region.

Nagykálló District borders with Baktalórántháza District to the northeast, Nyírbátor District and Nyíradony District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Debrecen District and Hajdúhadház District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Nyíregyháza District to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykálló District is 8.

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)^[1]

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

In 2011, it had a population of 30,403 and the population density was 81/km².

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500) and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 30,403
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 28,131 persons:

• Hungarians: 26,504 (94.22%)
• Gypsies: 1,220 (4.34%)
• Others and indefinable: 407 (1.45%)

Approx. 2,500 persons in Nagykálló District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

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

• Catholic – 15,491 (Roman Catholic – 7,763; Greek Catholic – 7,728);
• Reformed – 5,607;
• Evangelical – 148;
• other religions – 233;
• Non-religious – 1,602;
• Atheism – 96;
• Undeclared – 7,226.

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  Nagykálló, the district seat
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  Traditional house from Kállósemjén
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  Gencsy Mansion in Balkány
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  Aerial view of Kállósemjén

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

• Postal codes of the Nagykálló District

47°47′00″N 21°50′00″E / 47.7833°N 21.8333°E / 47.7833; 21.8333

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