title: Szolnok District
text: # Szolnok District
  
  Szolnok (Hungarian: Szolnoki járás) is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Szolnok is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Szolnok District borders with Jászberény District and Jászapáti District to the north, Kunhegyes District, Törökszentmiklós District and Mezőtúr District to the east, Kunszentmárton District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Cegléd District and Nagykáta District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szolnok District is 18.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district has 1 urban county, 4 towns and 13 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
  
  * Besenyszög (3,372)
  * Csataszög (295)
  * Hunyadfalva (169)
  * Kőtelek (1,571)
  * Martfű (6,435)
  * Nagykörű (1,651)
  * Rákóczifalva (5,359)
  * Rákócziújfalu (2,002)
  * Szajol (3,734)
  * Szászberek (969)
  * Szolnok (74,341) – district and county seat
  * Tiszajenő (1,642)
  * Tiszasüly (1,370)
  * Tiszavárkony (1,526)
  * Tószeg (4,380)
  * Újszász (6,360)
  * Vezseny (692)
  * Zagyvarékas (3,512)
  
  The bolded municipalities are cities.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religion in Szolnok District (2011 census)
  
  In 2011, it had a population of 118,241 and the population density was 129/km².
  
  | Year | County population | Change |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | 118,241 | n/a |
  
  ### Ethnicity
  
  Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (600), Russian (250) and Romanian (200).
  
  Total population (2011 census): 118,241 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 106,079 persons:
  
  * Hungarians: 100,632 (94.87%)
  * Gypsies: 3,108 (2.93%)
  * Others and indefinable: 2,339 (2.20%)
  
  Approx. 12,000 persons in Szolnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
  
  ### Religion
  
  Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
  
  * Catholic – 36,277 (Roman Catholic – 35,678; Greek Catholic – 589);
  * Reformed – 7,721;
  * Evangelical – 525;
  * other religions – 1,427;
  * Non-religious – 35,231;
  * Atheism – 2,257;
  * Undeclared – 34,803.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Szolnok, the Capital of Tisza
  * Martfű, from the Tisza river
  * Aerial view of Tószeg
  * Orczy Mansion in Újszász
  * Tiszavirág Bridge
  * Town Hall in Szolnok
  * Szigligeti Theater (Szolnok)
  * St. Ladislaus Church in Tiszasüly
  