Szolnok District
# Szolnok District

Szolnok (Hungarian: Szolnoki járás) is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Szolnok is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.

## Geography

Szolnok District borders with Jászberény District and Jászapáti District to the north, Kunhegyes District, Törökszentmiklós District and Mezőtúr District to the east, Kunszentmárton District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Cegléd District and Nagykáta District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szolnok District is 18.

## Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 4 towns and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

* Besenyszög (3,372)
* Csataszög (295)
* Hunyadfalva (169)
* Kőtelek (1,571)
* Martfű (6,435)
* Nagykörű (1,651)
* Rákóczifalva (5,359)
* Rákócziújfalu (2,002)
* Szajol (3,734)
* Szászberek (969)
* Szolnok (74,341) – district and county seat
* Tiszajenő (1,642)
* Tiszasüly (1,370)
* Tiszavárkony (1,526)
* Tószeg (4,380)
* Újszász (6,360)
* Vezseny (692)
* Zagyvarékas (3,512)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

## Demographics

Religion in Szolnok District (2011 census)

In 2011, it had a population of 118,241 and the population density was 129/km².

| Year | County population | Change |
| - | - | - |
| 2011 | 118,241 | n/a |

### Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (600), Russian (250) and Romanian (200).

Total population (2011 census): 118,241 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 106,079 persons:

* Hungarians: 100,632 (94.87%)
* Gypsies: 3,108 (2.93%)
* Others and indefinable: 2,339 (2.20%)

Approx. 12,000 persons in Szolnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

### Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

* Catholic – 36,277 (Roman Catholic – 35,678; Greek Catholic – 589);
* Reformed – 7,721;
* Evangelical – 525;
* other religions – 1,427;
* Non-religious – 35,231;
* Atheism – 2,257;
* Undeclared – 34,803.

## Gallery

* Szolnok, the Capital of Tisza
* Martfű, from the Tisza river
* Aerial view of Tószeg
* Orczy Mansion in Újszász
* Tiszavirág Bridge
* Town Hall in Szolnok
* Szigligeti Theater (Szolnok)
* St. Ladislaus Church in Tiszasüly
