Jászapáti District

Jászapáti District
Jászapáti járás

Coat of arms

Jászapáti District within Hungary and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.

District seat

Area

• Total

544.45 km² (210.21 sq mi)

Area rank

Population (2011 census)

• Total

33,172

• Rank

• Density

61/km² (160/sq mi)

Jászapáti (Hungarian: Jászapáti járás) is a district in north-western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Jászapáti is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Jászság historical, ethnographical and geographical region.

Jászapáti District borders with Heves District (Heves County) to the northeast, Szolnok District to the east and south, Jászberény District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Jászapáti District is 9.

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 6 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

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

Religion in Jászapáti District (2011 census)

In 2011, it had a population of 33,172 and the population density was 61/km².

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000) and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 33,172
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 32,580 persons:

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

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

Jászapáti, the district seat

Ariel view of Jánoshida

Ariel view of Jászdózsa

Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Jászszentandrás