title: Nagykálló District
text: # Nagykálló District
  
  Nagykálló (Hungarian: Nagykállói járás) is a district in southern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Nagykálló 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 Nyírség geographical region.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Nagykálló District borders with Baktalórántháza District to the northeast, Nyírbátor District and Nyíradony District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Debrecen District and Hajdúhadház District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the south, Nyíregyháza District to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Nagykálló District is 8.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)
  
  * Balkány (6,468)
  * Biri (1,424)
  * Bököny (3,221)
  * Érpatak (1,692)
  * Geszteréd (1,761)
  * Kállósemjén (3,600)
  * Nagykálló (9,469) – district seat
  * Szakoly (2,795)
  
  The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religion in Nagykálló District (2011 census)
  
  In 2011, it had a population of 30,403 and the population density was 81/km².
  
  | Year | County population | Change |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | 30,403 | n/a |
  
  ### Ethnicity
  
  Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500) and German (100).
  
  Total population (2011 census): 30,403 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,131 persons:
  
  * Hungarians: 26,504 (94.22%)
  * Gypsies: 1,220 (4.34%)
  * Others and indefinable: 407 (1.45%)
  
  Approx. 2,500 persons in Nagykálló District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
  
  ### Religion
  
  Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
  
  * Catholic – 15,491 (Roman Catholic – 7,763; Greek Catholic – 7,728);
  * Reformed – 5,607;
  * Evangelical – 148;
  * other religions – 233;
  * Non-religious – 1,602;
  * Atheism – 96;
  * Undeclared – 7,226.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Nagykálló, the district seat
  * Traditional house from Kállósemjén
  * Gencsy Mansion in Balkány
  * Aerial view of Kállósemjén
  