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Szerencs District= Szerencsi járás
District seat Szerencs Area
• Total 432.07 km2 (166.82 sq mi) Area rank 6th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Population (2011 census)
• Total 38,106
• Rank 5th in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
• Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi) Szerencs (Hungarian: Szerencsi járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Szerencs is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region. Szerencs District borders with Szikszó District and Gönc District to the north, Tokaj District to the east, Tiszavasvári District (Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County) and Tiszaújváros District to the south, Miskolc District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szerencs District is 16.
Municipalities The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
- Szerencs 9100 – district seat
- Tiszalúc 5304
- Taktaharkány 3642
- Megyaszó 2722
- Bekecs 2391
- Mezőzombor 2378
- Prügy 2348
- Mád 2128
- Tállya 1905
- Taktaszada 1878
- Monok 1558
- Legyesbénye 1516
- Taktakenéz 1243
- Rátka 946
- Golop 523
- Alsódobsza 319
Religion in Szerencs District (2011 census)
Catholic Church (43.9%)
Greek Catholicism (3.7%)
Calvinism (24.7%)
Lutheranism (0.1%)
Other religions (1.1%)
Non-religious (5.5%)
Atheists (0.3%)
Undeclared (20.7%) In 2011, it had a population of 38,106 and the population density was 88/km².
Year County population[2] Change 2011 38,106 n/a 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):[3] Identified themselves: 38,709 persons:
Hungarians: 33,893 (87.56%) Gypsies: 3,777 (9.76%) Germans: 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.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]
Catholic – 18,124 (Roman Catholic – 16,714; Greek Catholic – 1,410); Reformed – 9,433; Evangelical – 51; other religions – 403; Non-religious – 2,083; Atheism – 121; Undeclared – 7,891.