Tokaj District

Districts of Hungary in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Tokaj District

Tokaji járás

Districts of Hungary

Coat of arms

Tokaj District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.

Country|  Hungary
County| Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat| Tokaj
Area

• Total

| 255.81 km2 (98.77 sq mi)
• Rank| 15th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population

(2011 census)

• Total

| 13,331
• Rank| 16th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density| 52/km2 (130/sq mi)

Tokaj (Hungarian: Tokaji járás) is a district in eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Tokaj is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

## Geography

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Tokaj District borders with Gönc District to the north, Sárospatak District and Nyíregyháza District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the east, Tiszavasvári District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) to the south, Szerencs District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tokaj District is 11.

## Municipalities

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The district has 1 town and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

* Bodrogkeresztúr (1,107)
* Bodrogkisfalud (836)
* Csobaj (702)
* Erdőbénye (1,018)
* Szegi (296)
* Szegilong (203)
* Taktabáj (575)
* Tarcal (2,824)
* Tiszaladány (670)
* Tiszatardos (223)
* Tokaj (4,839) – district seat

The bolded municipality is the city.

## Demographics

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Religion in Tokaj District (2011 census)

1. Catholic Church (34.9%)
2. Greek Catholicism (7.5%)
3. Calvinism (25.8%)
4. Lutheranism (0.3%)
5. Other religions (0.7%)
6. Non-religious (8.2%)
7. Atheists (0.7%)
8. Undeclared (21.9%)

In 2011, it had a population of 13,331 and the population density was 52/km2.

Year  | County population[2] | Change

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2011  | 13,331  | n/a

### Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 650).

Total population (2011 census): 13,331
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 12,653 persons:

* Hungarians: 11,848 (93.64%)
* Gypsies: 620 (4.90%)
* Others and indefinable: 185 (1.46%)

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

### Religion

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

* Catholic – 5,655 (Roman Catholic – 4,655; Greek Catholic – 998);
* Reformed – 3,436;
* Evangelical – 41;
* other religions – 95;
* Non-religious – 1,096;
* Atheism – 89;
* Undeclared – 2,919.

## Gallery

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* Tokaj, the district seat

* Degenfeld Mansion in Tarcal

* Aerial view of Erdőbénye

* Wineyards near Tokaj

## See also

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* List of cities and towns of Hungary

## References

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1. ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. ^ népesség.com, "Tokaji 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

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* Postal codes of the Tokaj District

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Towns and villages of Tokaj District

Town (1)|

* Tokaj (district seat)

Villages (10)|

* Bodrogkeresztúr
* Bodrogkisfalud
* Csobaj
* Erdőbénye
* Szegi
* Szegilong
* Taktabáj
* Tarcal
* Tiszaladány
* Tiszatardos

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Districts (járások) of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County

* Cigánd
* Edelény
* Encs
* Gönc
* Kazincbarcika
* Mezőcsát
* Mezőkövesd
* Miskolc
* Ózd
* Putnok
* Sárospatak
* Sátoraljaújhely
* Szerencs
* Szikszó
* Tiszaújváros
* Tokaj

48°10′00″N 21°22′00″E﻿ / ﻿48.1667°N 21.3667°E﻿ / 48.1667; 21.3667

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