Szolnok () is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. '' Szolnok'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography

Szolnok District borders with Jászberény District and Jászapáti District to the north, Kunhegyes District, Törökszentmiklós District and Mezőtúr District to the east, Kunszentmárton District and Tiszakécske District ''( Bács-Kiskun County)'' to the south, Cegléd District and Nagykáta District ''( Pest County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szolnok District is 18.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 4

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and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 118,241 and the

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was 129/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (600), Russian (250) and Romanian (200). Total population (2011 census): 118,241
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 106,079 persons: *

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: 100,632 (94.87%) *

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: 3,108 (2.93%) *Others and indefinable: 2,339 (2.20%) Approx. 12,000 persons in Szolnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census: *Catholic – 36,277 (

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– 35,678;

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– 589); *

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– 7,721; *

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– 525; *other religions – 1,427; *

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 ...

– 35,231; *

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– 2,257; *''Undeclared'' – 34,803.

Gallery

File:Megyeszékhely - Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye - Szolnok.jpg, Szolnok, the ''Capital of Tisza'' File:SSA41313tisza.JPG,

Martfű Martfű is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Industry The town is dominated by light industry, including the following: * Tisza Shoe Factory: Though designed prior to the outbreak of ...

, from the

Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo ...

river File:Tószeg légifotó2.jpg, Aerial view of

Tószeg Tószeg is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slov ...

File:Újszász - Palace.jpg, Orczy Mansion in

Újszász Újszász is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Gov ...

File:Tisza river - Szolnok, Hungary (14).JPG, Tiszavirág Bridge File:Kutyás fiú (Kligl Sándor) és a Városháza, Kossuth tér, 2017 Szolnok.jpg, Town Hall in Szolnok File:Szigligeti Theater - Szolnok 2.jpg, Szigligeti Theater (Szolnok) File:A tiszasülyi római katolikus templom1.jpg, St. Ladislaus Church in Tiszasüly

References

External links

Postal codes of the Szolnok District
Districts in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County {{Jasz-geo-stub