Bátonyterenye District

Bátonyterenye District Bátonyterenyei járás
Districts of Hungary
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Bátonyterenye District within Hungary and Nógrád County.
Country	Hungary
County	Nógrád
District seat	Bátonyterenye
Area
• Total	215.45 km2 (83.19 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Nógrád
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	21,789
• Rank	5th in Nógrád
• Density	101/km2 (260/sq mi)

Bátonyterenye (Hungarian: Bátonyterenyei járás) is a district in eastern part of Nógrád County. Bátonyterenye is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.

Geography

Bátonyterenye District borders with Salgótarján District to the north and west, Pétervására District (Heves County) to the east, Gyöngyös District (Heves County) to the south, Pásztó District to the southwest. The number of the inhabited places in Bátonyterenye District is 8.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

• Bátonyterenye (12,764) – district seat
• Dorogháza (1,101)
• Mátramindszent (842)
• Mátranovák (1,730)
• Mátraterenye (1,867)
• Mátraverebély (1,958)
• Nemti (743)
• Szuha (585)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Bátonyterenye District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (47.7%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.3%)

  Calvinism (1.8%)

  Lutheranism (0.9%)

  Other religions (1.3%)

  Non-religious (20.5%)

  Atheists (1.0%)

  Undeclared (26.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 21,789 and the population density was 101/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	21,789	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,000).

Total population (2011 census): 21,789
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 20,878 persons:

• Hungarians: 18,766 (89.88%)
• Gypsies: 1,775 (8.50%)
• Others and indefinable: 337 (1.61%)

Approx. 1,000 persons in Bátonyterenye District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 10,453 (Roman Catholic – 10,400; Greek Catholic – 53);
• Reformed – 398;
• Evangelical – 189;
• other religions – 284;
• Non-religious – 4,468;
• Atheism – 219;
• Undeclared – 5,778.

Gallery

• 
  Bátonyterenye, Town Hall
• 
  Gyürky-Solymossy Mansion in Bátonyterenye
• 
  View of Szuha
• 
  Our Lady Church in Szentkút (Mátraverebély)

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Bátonyterenye District