Mezőcsát District

Mezőcsát District Mezőcsáti járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Mezőcsát District within Hungary and Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County.
Coordinates: 47°49′N 20°54′E / 47.82°N 20.90°E / 47.82; 20.90
Country	Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District seat	Mezőcsát
Area
• Total	351.27 km2 (135.63 sq mi)
• Rank	11th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	14,446
• Rank	15th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)

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

Mezőcsát District borders with Miskolc District and Tiszaújváros District to the north, Hajdúnánás District and Balmazújváros District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east and south, Mezőkövesd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőcsát District is 8.

The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Religion in Mezőcsát District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (43.2%)

  Catholic Church (25.1%)

  Greek Catholicism (1.0%)

  Other religions (1.4%)

  Non-religious (9.7%)

  Atheists (0.3%)

  Undeclared (19.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 14,446 and the population density was 41/km².

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500).

Total population (2011 census): 14,446
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 14,393 persons:

• Hungarians: 12,884 (89.52%)
• Gypsies: 1,376 (9.56%)
• Others and indefinable: 133 (0.92%)

Approx. 50 persons in Mezőcsát District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

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

• Reformed – 6,239;
• Catholic – 3,764 (Roman Catholic – 3,625; Greek Catholic – 139);
• other religions – 211;
• Non-religious – 1,396;
• Atheism – 53;
• Undeclared – 2,783.

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  Mezőcsát, the district seat
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  Dobozy Mansion in Mezőcsát
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  Aerial view of Tiszatarján
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  Reformed Church in Gelej

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

• Postal codes of the Mezőcsát District

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