Gyál District

Gyál District Gyáli járás
District
Coat of arms
Gyál District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District seat	Gyál
Area
• Total	170.99 km^2 (66.02 sq mi)
• Rank	15th in Pest
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	40,853
• Rank	14th in Pest
• Density	239/km^2 (620/sq mi)

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

Geography

Gyál District borders with Budapest to the north, Vecsés District and Monor District to the east, Dabas District to the south, Szigetszentmiklós District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyál District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 1 village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)^[1]

• Alsónémedi (5,203)
• Felsőpakony (3,324)
• Gyál (22,709) – district seat
• Ócsa (9,073)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Gyál District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (28.0%)

  Greek Catholicism (1.1%)

  Calvinism (15.6%)

  Lutheranism (0.7%)

  Other religions (3.1%)

  Non-religious (18.6%)

  Atheists (1.4%)

  Undeclared (31.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 40,853 and the population density was 239/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	40,853	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 550), Romanian (350) and German (250).

Total population (2011 census): 40,853
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 36,291 persons:

• Hungarians: 34,631 (95.43%)
• Gypsies: 549 (1.51%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,111 (3.06%)

Approx. 3,500 persons in Gyál District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Catholic – 11,869 (Roman Catholic – 11,425; Greek Catholic – 442);
• Reformed – 6,383;
• Evangelical – 291;
• other religions – 1,251;
• Non-religious – 7,626;
• Atheism – 573;
• Undeclared – 12,860.

Gallery

• 
  Downtown of Gyál
• 
  Aerial view of Alsónémedi
• 
  Monastery of Ócsa
• 
  Aerial view of Gyál

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Gyáli járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links

• Postal codes of the Gyál District

47.3833°N 19.2167°E / 47.3833; 19.2167