Dabas District

Dabas District Dabasi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Dabas District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District seat	Dabas
Area
• Total	614.23 km2 (237.16 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd in Pest
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	48,289
• Rank	12th in Pest
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)

Dabas (Hungarian: Dabasi járás) is a district in southern part of Pest County. Dabas is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Dabas District borders with Gyál District and Monor District to the north, Cegléd District to the east, Kecskemét District and Kunszentmiklós District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Ráckeve District and Szigetszentmiklós District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Dabas District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns, 2 large villages and 6 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Bugyi (5,160)
• Dabas (16,506) – district seat
• Hernád (4,111)
• Inárcs (4,407)
• Kakucs (2,747)
• Örkény (4,836)
• Pusztavacs (1,367)
• Táborfalva (3,363)
• Tatárszentgyörgy (1,870)
• Újhartyán (2,707)
• Újlengyel (1,672)

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

Demographics

Religion in Dabas District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (48.8%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.4%)

  Calvinism (9.5%)

  Lutheranism (2.0%)

  Other religions (1.5%)

  Non-religious (12.8%)

  Atheists (0.9%)

  Undeclared (24.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 48,289 and the population density was 79/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	48,289	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,100), German (1,400), Slovak (1,200) and Romanian (300).

Total population (2011 census): 48,289
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 47,774 persons:

• Hungarians: 42,305 (88.55%)
• Gypsies: 2,103 (4.40%)
• Germans: 1,391 (2.91%)
• Slovaks: 1,219 (2.55%)
• Others and indefinable: 756 (1.58%)

Approx. 500 persons in Dabas District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 23,774 (Roman Catholic – 23,568; Greek Catholic – 203);
• Reformed – 4,579;
• Evangelical – 948;
• other religions – 715;
• Non-religious – 6,181;
• Atheism – 426;
• Undeclared – 11,668.

Gallery

• 
  Mansion of Móric Halász in Dabas
• 
  Aerial view of Újhartyán
• 
  Pálóczy-Horváth Mansion in Örkény
• 
  View of Kakucs

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Dabas District