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Gödöllő District

Gödöllő District
Gödöllői járás
Districts of Hungary
Official logo of Gödöllő District
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Gödöllő District within Hungary and Pest County.
Gödöllő District within Hungary and Pest County.
Country  Hungary
County Pest
District seat Gödöllő
Area
 • Total 449.66 km2 (173.61 sq mi)
Area rank 4th in Pest
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 139,826
 • Rank 1st in Pest
 • Density 311/km2 (810/sq mi)

Gödöllő (Hungarian: Gödöllői járás; German: Kreis Getterle; Slovak: Gödöllősky okres) is a district in central-northern part of Pest County. Gödöllő is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region.

Gödöllő District borders with Aszód District to the northeast, Nagykáta District to the southeast, Vecsés District to the south, Budapest to the southwest, Dunakeszi District to the west, Vác District to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Gödöllő District is 15.

The district has 6 towns, 4 large villages and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Religion in Gödöllő District (2011 census)

In 2011, it had a population of 139,826 and the population density was 311/km².

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,800), German (1,600), Slovak (1,000), Romanian (650), Russian (300), Polish (150), Ukrainian and Bulgarian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 139,826
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 129,792 persons:

Approx. 10,000 persons in Gödöllő District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

Gödöllő Palace

Landscape near Veresegyház


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