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Bátonyterenye District

Coordinates: 48°00′00″N 19°51′00″E / 48.0000°N 19.8500°E / 48.0000; 19.8500
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Bátonyterenye District
Bátonyterenyei járás
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Official logo of Bátonyterenye District
Bátonyterenye District within Hungary and Nógrád County.
Bátonyterenye District within Hungary and Nógrád County.
Country Hungary
CountyNógrád
District seatBátonyterenye
Area
 • Total215.45 km2 (83.19 sq mi)
 • Rank6th in Nógrád
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total21,789
 • Rank5th in Nógrád
 • Density101/km2 (260/sq mi)

Bátonyterenye (Hungarian: Bátonyterenyei járás) is a district in eastern part of Nógrád County. Bátonyterenye is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

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Bátonyterenye District borders with Salgótarján District to the north and west, Pétervására District (Heves County) to the east, Gyöngyös District (Heves County) to the south, Pásztó District to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Bátonyterenye District is 8.

Municipalities

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The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

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Religion in Bátonyterenye District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (47.7%)
  Calvinism (1.8%)
  Lutheranism (0.9%)
  Other religions (1.3%)
  Non-religious (20.5%)
  Atheists (1.0%)
  Undeclared (26.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 21,789 and the population density was 101/km2.

Year County population[2] Change
2011 21,789 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,000).

Total population (2011 census): 21,789
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 20,878 persons:

  • Hungarians: 18,766 (89.88%)
  • Gypsies: 1,775 (8.50%)
  • Others and indefinable: 337 (1.61%)

Approx. 1,000 persons in Bátonyterenye District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Bátonyterenyei járás népessége"
  3. ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
  4. ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
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48°00′00″N 19°51′00″E / 48.0000°N 19.8500°E / 48.0000; 19.8500