Szob () is a district in northern part of Pest County. '' Szob'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Szob District borders with the

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to the north and west, Balassagyarmat District, Rétság District ''(

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)'' and Vác District to the east,

Szentendre District Szentendre () is a district in north-western part of Pest County. ''Szentendre'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Szentendre District bo ...

to the south,

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''( Komárom-Esztergom County)'' to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Szob District is 17.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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and 15 villages. The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 24,875 and the

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was 57/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 900), Roma (500) and Slovak (100). Total population (2011 census): 24,875
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 23,598 persons: *

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: 21,716 (92.02%) *

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 ...

: 865 (3.67%) *

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 , ...

: 515 (2.18%) *Others and indefinable: 502 (2.13%) Approx. 1,000 persons in Szob District did not declare their 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 – 13,439 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 13,316;

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– 118); *

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– 2,078; *

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– 405; *other religions – 413; *

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 ...

– 2,456; *

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– 258; *''Undeclared'' – 5,826.

Gallery

File:Szob, downtown, aerial photography.jpg, Downtown of Szob File:Danube at Nagymaros.JPG,

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Nagymaros Nagymaros (, ) is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Etymology The name comes from ''Maroš'', the Slavic form of Marianus. Nagymaros—"Greater Maros" ( Hungarian). The first written mention is ''Morus'' (1257). Notable people * György Szabado ...

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References

External links

Postal codes of the Szob District
Districts in Pest County {{Pest-geo-stub