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Berettyóújfalu District Berettyóújfalui járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Berettyóújfalu District within Hungary and Hajdú-Bihar County.
Country	Hungary
County	Hajdú-Bihar
District seat	Berettyóújfalu
Area
• Total	1,073.90 km2 (414.64 sq mi)
• Rank	1st in Hajdú-Bihar
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	44,995
• Rank	2nd in Hajdú-Bihar
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)

Berettyóújfalu ( Hungarian: Berettyóújfalui járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Berettyóújfalu is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Bihar historical and geographical region.

Geography

Berettyóújfalu District borders with Derecske District to the north, the Romanian county of Bihor to the east, Sarkad District ( Békés County) to the south, Szeghalom District (Békés County) and Püspökladány District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Berettyóújfalu District is 25.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 20 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) ^[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 44,995 and the population density was 36/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), Romanian (1,000) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 44,995
Ethnic groups (2011 census): ^[3] Identified themselves: 42,143 persons:

• Hungarians: 38,009 (90.19%)
• Gypsies: 2,694 (6.39%)
• Romanians: 1,111 (2.64%)
• Others and indefinable: 329 (0.78%)

Approx. 3,000 persons in Berettyóújfalu District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Reformed – 19,399;
• Catholic – 3,480 ( Roman Catholic – 2,996; Greek Catholic – 484);
• Orthodox – 618;
• Evangelical – 86;
• other religions – 675;
• Non-religious – 9,703;
• Atheism – 262;
• Undeclared – 10,772.

Gallery

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  Berettyóújfalu, the district seat
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  Rédely Mansion in Zsáka
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  Csonkatorony from above (Herpály)
• 
  Reformed Church in Biharkeresztes

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

External links

• Postal codes of the Berettyóújfalu District

47°09′00″N 21°34′00″E / 47.1500°N 21.5667°E / 47.1500; 21.5667

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