Dunakeszi District
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Dunakeszi District
Dunakeszi járás | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Dunakeszi District within Hungary and Pest County. | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Pest |
| District seat | Dunakeszi |
| Area | |
• Total | 103.08 km2 (39.80 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 18th in Pest |
| Population (2011 census) | |
• Total | 78,634 |
| • Rank | 6th in Pest |
| • Density | 763/km2 (1,980/sq mi) |
Dunakeszi (Hungarian: Dunakeszi járás) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. Dunakeszi is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.
Dunakeszi District borders with Vác District to the north, Gödöllő District to the east, Budapest to the south, Szentendre District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Dunakeszi District is 4.
Municipalities
Demographics
- Catholic Church (28.9%)
- Greek Catholicism (0.9%)
- Calvinism (9.8%)
- Lutheranism (2.2%)
- Orthodoxy (0.1%)
- Judaism (0.1%)
- Other religions (2.1%)
- Non-religious (19.8%)
- Atheists (2.5%)
- Undeclared (33.6%)
In 2011, it had a population of 78,634 and the population density was 763/km2.
| Year | County population[2] | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78,634 | n/a |
Ethnicity
Besides Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 800), Roma (550), Slovak (350), Romanian (300) and Russian (150).
Total population (2011 census): 78,634
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 70,028 persons:
- Hungarians: 66,372 (94.78%)
- Germans: 804 (1.15%)
- Others and indefinable: 2,852 (4.07%)
Approx. 8,500 persons in Dunakeszi District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]
- Catholic – 23,404 (Roman Catholic – 22,690; Greek Catholic – 694);
- Reformed – 7,736;
- Evangelical – 1,772;
- Orthodox – 82;
- Judaism – 104;
- other religions – 1,640;
- Non-religious – 15,560;
- Atheism – 1,950;
- Undeclared – 26,386.
