Szerencs () is a district in central-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. ''

Szerencs Szerencs is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies away from Miskolc, and away from Budapest. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. History Szerencs grew into a town where the Great Plain and the Zemplén mountains meet. ...

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

Geography

Szerencs District borders with

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

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 north, Tokaj District to the east, Tiszavasvári District ''( Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County)'' and

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

to the south,

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

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szerencs District is 16.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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, 2 large villages and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is city, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 38,106 and the

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was 88/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 4,000) and German (850). Total population (2011 census): 38,106
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 38,709 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

: 33,893 (87.56%) *

Gypsies {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , ...

: 3,777 (9.76%) *

Germans Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, imple ...

: 827 (2.14%) *Others and indefinable: 212 (0.55%) Approx. 500 persons in Szerencs 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 – 18,124 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 16,714;

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

– 1,410); *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine Places * Reform, Al ...

– 9,433; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

– 51; *other religions – 403; *

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 ...

– 2,083; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...

– 121; *''Undeclared'' – 7,891.

Gallery

File:Szerencs - view.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Monok (Kossuth Lajos).jpg,

Lajos Kossuth Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (; ; ; ; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, r ...

birthplace in

Monok Monok is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary and is part of the Tokaj wine region. Geography The nearest town is Szerencs away. Neighbouring villages are Golop away, Legyesbénye away and Tállya away. The Zemplén Mountains h ...

File:Golop - Palace.jpg, Vay Mansion in Golop File:Tiszalúc légifotó.jpg, St. Stephen of Hungary Church in Tiszalúc

References

External links

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