Záhony District Záhonyi járás |
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Districts of Hungary | ||
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![]() Záhony District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. |
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County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | |
District seat | Záhony | |
Area | ||
• Total | 145.95 km2 (56.35 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 13th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | |
Population (2011 census) | ||
• Total | 18,963 | |
• Rank | 12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | |
• Density | 130/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Záhony (Hungarian: Záhonyi járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Záhony 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 Rétköz geographical region.
Záhony District borders with Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast) to the northeast, Vásárosnamény District to the southeast, Kisvárda District to the south, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west,
Slovakia (Košice Region) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Záhony District is 11.
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.