title: Mezőcsát District
text: # Mezőcsát District
  
  Mezőcsát (Hungarian: Mezőcsáti járás) is a district in southern part of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Mezőcsát is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Hungary Statistical Region.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Mezőcsát District borders with Miskolc District and Tiszaújváros District to the north, Hajdúnánás District and Balmazújváros District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east and south, Mezőkövesd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőcsát District is 8.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The district has 1 town and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)
  
  * Ároktő (1,051)
  * Gelej (588)
  * Hejőpapi (1,119)
  * Igrici (1,219)
  * Mezőcsát (5,891) – district seat
  * Tiszadorogma (367)
  * Tiszakeszi (2,487)
  * Tiszatarján (1,408)
  
  The bolded municipality is the city.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  Religion in Mezőcsát District (2011 census)
  
  In 2011, it had a population of 14,446 and the population density was 41/km².
  
  | Year | County population | Change |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2011 | 14,446 | n/a |
  
  ### Ethnicity
  
  Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,500).
  
  Total population (2011 census): 14,446 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 14,393 persons:
  
  * Hungarians: 12,884 (89.52%)
  * Gypsies: 1,376 (9.56%)
  * Others and indefinable: 133 (0.92%)
  
  Approx. 50 persons in Mezőcsát District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
  
  ### Religion
  
  Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:
  
  * Reformed – 6,239;
  * Catholic – 3,764 (Roman Catholic – 3,625; Greek Catholic – 139);
  * other religions – 211;
  * Non-religious – 1,396;
  * Atheism – 53;
  * Undeclared – 2,783.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Mezőcsát, the district seat
  * Dobozy Mansion in Mezőcsát
  * Aerial view of Tiszatarján
  * Reformed Church in Gelej
  