title: Püspökladány District
text: # Püspökladány District
  
  Püspökladány (Hungarian: Püspökladányi járás) is a district in south-western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Püspökladány 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 Hajdúság historical and geographical region.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Püspökladány District borders with Hajdúszoboszló District to the north, Derecske District and Berettyóújfalu District to the east, Szeghalom District (Békés County) to the south, Karcag District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Püspökladány District is 12.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district has 2 towns, 3 large villages and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
  
  * Báránd (2,530)
  * Bihardancsháza (180)
  * Biharnagybajom (2,731)
  * Bihartorda (897)
  * Földes (3,998)
  * Kaba (5,932)
  * Nagyrábé (1,974)
  * Püspökladány (14,698) – district seat
  * Sáp (938)
  * Sárrétudvari (2,751)
  * Szerep (1,506)
  * Tetétlen (1,394)
  
  The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religion in Püspökladány District (2011 census)
  
  In 2011, it had a population of 40,426 and the population density was 55/km².
  
  | Year | County population | Change |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | 40,426 | n/a |
  
  ### Ethnicity
  
  Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,500).
  
  Total population (2011 census): 40,426 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 37,778 persons:
  
  * Hungarians: 35,227 (93.25%)
  * Gypsies: 2,253 (5.96%)
  * Others and indefinable: 298 (0.79%)
  
  Approx. 3,000 persons in Püspökladány District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
  
  ### Religion
  
  Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
  
  * Reformed – 16,521;
  * Catholic – 2,833 (Roman Catholic – 2,689; Greek Catholic – 142);
  * other religions – 345;
  * Non-religious – 11,462;
  * Atheism – 227;
  * Undeclared – 9,038.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Püspökladány, the district seat
  * Reformed Church in Földes
  * Traditional house from Biharnagybajom
  * Aerial view of Püspökladány
  