Encs () is a district in northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''

Encs Encs is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, 30 kilometers from the county capital Miskolc. History The area has been inhabited for at least 6,000 years. After the Hungarians occupied the area, it became part of ''Új ...

'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Encs District borders with the

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n region of

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to the north,

Gönc District Gönc () is a district in north-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. '' Gönc'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Gönc Distri ...

to the east and south,

Szikszó District Szikszó () is a district in central-northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Szikszó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Szik ...

and

Edelény District Edelény () is a district in northern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''Edelény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary, Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Geograp ...

to the south and west. The number of the inhabited places in Encs District is 29.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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and 28 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 21,390 and the

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was 56/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 5,000). Total population (2011 census): 21,390
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 25,108 persons: *

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: 19,862 (79.11%) *

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: 4,973 (19.81%) *Others and indefinable: 273 (1.09%) Approx. 4,000 persons in Encs District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 13,537 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 11,519;

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– 2,013); *

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– 3,371; *

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– 277; *other religions – 172; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 868; *

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– 41; *''Undeclared'' – 3,124.

Gallery

File:Encs - Temple.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:PusztaradvanyPallavicini.JPG, Pallavicini Mansion in

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File:Az ináncsi rk. Nagy Szent Teréz templom.JPG, St. Teresa Church in

Ináncs Ináncs is a village in Encs District of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the no ...

References

External links

Postal codes of the Encs District
Districts in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County {{Borsod-geo-stub