Tatabánya District

Tatabánya District Tatabányai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Tatabánya District within Hungary and Komárom-Esztergom County.
Country	Hungary
County	Komárom-Esztergom
District seat	Tatabánya
Area
• Total	331.65 km^2 (128.05 sq mi)
• Rank	4th in Komárom-Esztergom
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	85,691
• Rank	2nd in Komárom-Esztergom
• Density	258/km^2 (670/sq mi)
Website	Official website

Tatabánya (Hungarian: Tatabányai járás; German: Kreis Totiserkolonie) is a district in south-eastern part of Komárom-Esztergom County. Tatabánya is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Geography

Tatabánya District borders with Tata District and Esztergom District to the north, Budakeszi District (Pest County) to the east, Bicske District (Fejér County) to the east and south, Oroszlány District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Tatabánya District is 10.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)^[1]

• Gyermely (1,436)
• Héreg (1,032)
• Környe (4,418)
• Szárliget (2,286)
• Szomor (1,067)
• Tarján (2,560)
• Tatabánya (67,406) – district and county seat
• Várgesztes (548)
• Vértessomló (1,294)
• Vértesszőlős (3,007)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Tatabánya District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (28.9%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.4%)

  Calvinism (6.5%)

  Lutheranism (1.0%)

  Other religions (1.4%)

  Non-religious (29.7%)

  Atheists (1.9%)

  Undeclared (30.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 85,691 and the population density was 131/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	85,691	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,900), Roma (1,400), Slovak (450) and Romanian (250).

Total population (2011 census): 85,691
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 78,453 persons:

• Hungarians: 71,561 (91.22%)
• Germans: 3,883 (4.95%)
• Gypsies: 1,323 (1.69%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,686 (2.15%)

Approx. 7,000 persons in Tatabánya District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 25,106 (Roman Catholic – 24,726; Greek Catholic – 375);
• Reformed – 5,560;
• Evangelical – 809;
• other religions – 1,230;
• Non-religious – 25,470;
• Atheism – 1,620;
• Undeclared – 25,896.

See also

• List of cities and towns in Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Tatabányai 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 Tatabánya District

47.5833°N 18.4000°E / 47.5833; 18.4000