Jászapáti (Hungarian: Jászapáti járás) is a district in north-western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Jászapáti 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 Jászság historical, ethnographical and geographical region.
Jászapáti District
Jászapáti járás | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
District seat | Jászapáti |
Area | |
• Total | 544.45 km2 (210.21 sq mi) |
• Rank | 6th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 33,172 |
• Rank | 6th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
• Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Geography
editJászapáti District borders with Heves District (Heves County) to the northeast, Szolnok District to the east and south, Jászberény District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Jászapáti District is 9.
History
editThe Jászapáti District existed before the cessation of the districts in 1983, known as the Lower Jászság District since the 1950s. It was headquartered in Jászapáti and was closed in 1961, when its territory was divided between mainly Jászberény and Szolnok Districts.
Municipalities
editThe district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 6 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]
- Alattyán (2,101)
- Jánoshida (2,424)
- Jászalsószentgyörgy (3,432)
- Jászapáti (8,947) – district seat
- Jászdózsa (2,110)
- Jászivány (405)
- Jászkisér (5,165)
- Jászladány (5,717)
- Jászszentandrás (2,435)
The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.
Demographics
editIn 2011, it had a population of 33,172 and the population density was 61/km2.
Year | County population[2] | Change |
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2011 | 33,172 | n/a |
Ethnicity
editBesides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000) and German (100).
Total population (2011 census): 33,172
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 32,580 persons:
- Hungarians: 29,293 (89.12%)
- Gypsies: 3,142 (9.64%)
- Others and indefinable: 145 (0.45%)
Approx. 500 persons in Jászapáti District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
editReligious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]
- Catholic – 19,433 (Roman Catholic – 19,370; Greek Catholic – 61);
- Reformed – 1,751;
- Evangelical – 56;
- other religions – 472;
- Non-religious – 3,807;
- Atheism – 153;
- Undeclared – 7,500.
Transport
editRoad network
edit- Main road (W→E): Budapest... – Jászapáti District (1 municipality: Jászapáti) – ...Dormánd
- Main road (NW→SE): Hatvan... – Jászapáti District (2 municipalities: Alattyán, Jászalsószentgyörgy) – ...Szolnok
Railway network
edit- Line 86 (N→S): Vámosgyörk (80, 85)... – Jászapáti District (4 municipalities: Jászdózsa, Jászapáti, Jászkisér, Jászladány) – ...Újszász (82, 120)
Gallery
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Jászapáti, the district seat
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Aerial view of Jánoshida
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Aerial view of Jászdózsa
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Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Jászszentandrás
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
- ^ népesség.com, "Jászapáti járás népessége"
- ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
- ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
External links
edit47°30′46″N 20°08′29″E / 47.51280047728824°N 20.141272998134898°E