Mezőcsát () is a district in southern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Mezőcsát is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
Geography Mezőcsát District borders with Miskolc District and Tiszaújváros District to the north, Hajdúnánás District and Balmazújváros District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east and south, Mezőkövesd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőcsát District is 8.
Municipalities The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
The bolded municipality is the city.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 14,446 and the population density was 41/km².
Year County populationnépesség.com, "Mezőcsáti járás népessége" Change 2011 14,446 n/a
Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500).
Total population (2011 census): 14,446 Ethnic groups (2011 census):4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, Identified themselves: 14,393 persons: Hungarians: 12,884 (89.52%) Gypsies: 1,376 (9.56%) Others and indefinable: 133 (0.92%) Approx. 50 persons in Mezőcsát District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,
Reformed – 6,239; Catholic – 3,764 (Roman Catholic – 3,625; Greek Catholic – 139); other religions – 211; Non-religious – 1,396; Atheism – 53; Undeclared – 2,783.
Gallery
See also List of cities and towns of Hungary
References
External links Postal codes of the Mezőcsát District