Nagykálló District

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 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)

Geography

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.

Municipalities

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

• Balkány (6,468)
• Biri (1,424)
• Bököny (3,221)
• Érpatak (1,692)
• Geszteréd (1,761)
• Kállósemjén (3,600)
• Nagykálló (9,469) – district seat
• Szakoly (2,795)

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

Demographics

Religion in Nagykálló District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (25.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (25.4%)

  Calvinism (18.4%)

  Lutheranism (0.5%)

  Other religions (0.8%)

  Non-religious (5.3%)

  Atheists (0.3%)

  Undeclared (23.8%)

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

Year	County population	Change
2011	30,403	n/a

Ethnicity

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): 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.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• 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.

Gallery

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

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Nagykálló District