Kemecse () is a district in central part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Kemecse 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 Rétköz geographical region.
Geography Kemecse District borders with Kisvárda District to the northeast, Baktalórántháza District to the southeast, Nyíregyháza District to the south, Ibrány District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kemecse District is 11.
Municipalities The district has 2 towns and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
The bolded municipalities are cities.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 22,066 and the population density was 90/km².
Year County populationnépesség.com, "Kemecsei járás népessége" Change 2011 22,066 n/a
Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,000).
Total population (2011 census): 22,066 Ethnic groups (2011 census):4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, Identified themselves: 21,663 persons: Hungarians: 19,597 (90.46%) Gypsies: 1,900 (8.77%) Others and indefinable: 166 (0.77%) Approx. 500 persons in Kemecse 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 – 8,356; Catholic – 7,241 (Roman Catholic – 5,443; Greek Catholic – 1,798); Evangelical – 92; other religions – 360; Non-religious – 1,175; Atheism – 55; Undeclared – 4,787.
Gallery
See also List of cities and towns of Hungary
References
External links Postal codes of the Kemecse District