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{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement-->
| name                   = Kemecse District
| native_name            = <small>''Kemecsei járás''</small>
| native_name_lang       = hu
| settlement_type        = [[Districts of Hungary]]
|image_skyline        = Kemecse2019jaras.jpg
|image_flag           = 
|image_blank_emblem   = HUN Kemecse Címer1.svg
|blank_emblem_type    = Coat of arms
|image_map            = Kemecsei járás.png
|map_caption          = Kemecse District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. 
| subdivision_type       = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name       = {{HUN}}
| subdivision_type1      = [[Counties of Hungary|County]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County|Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg]]
| seat_type              = District seat
| seat                   = [[Kemecse]]
| timezone               = 
| utc_offset             = 
| timezone_DST           = 
| utc_offset_DST         = 
| coordinates            = {{Coord|48.07|21.80|display=inline,title}}
| area_footnotes         = 
| area_total_km2         = 246.41
| area_rank              = [[Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County#Regional structure|12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg]]
|population_footnotes    = 
|population_as_of        = 2011 census
|population_total        = 22,066
|population_rank         = [[Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County#Regional structure|10th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg]]
|population_density_km2  = 90
| website                = 
}}
'''Kemecse''' ({{langx|hu|Kemecsei járás}}) is a district in central part of [[Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County]]. ''[[Kemecse]]'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the [[Northern Great Plain|Northern Great Plain Statistical Region]]. This district is a part of [[Rétköz]] geographical region.

== Geography ==
Kemecse District borders with [[Kisvárda District]] to the northeast, [[Baktalórántháza District]] to the southeast, [[Nyíregyháza District]] to the south, [[Ibrány District]] to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kemecse District is '''11'''.

== Municipalities ==
The district has '''2''' [[List of cities and towns of Hungary|towns]] and '''9''' villages.
(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)<ref>[http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2013.xls A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve]</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*[[Berkesz]] (855)
*[[Beszterec]] (1,086)
*'''[[Demecser]]''' (4,284)
*[[Gégény]] (1,975)
*[[Kék]] (1,966)
*'''[[Kemecse]]''' (4,792) – district seat
*[[Nyírbogdány]] (2,861)
*[[Nyírtét]] (1,088)
*[[Székely (village)|Székely]] (1,046)
*[[Tiszarád]] (568)
*[[Vasmegyer]] (1,664)
}}
The '''bolded''' municipalities are cities.

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Kemecse District (2011 census)
|label1 = [[Calvinism]]
|value1 = 37.9
|color1 = DodgerBlue
|label2 = [[Lutheranism]]
|value2 = 0.4
|color2 = DeepSkyBlue
|label3 = [[Catholic Church]]
|value3 = 24.7
|color3 = DarkOrchid
|label4 = [[Greek Catholicism]]
|value4 = 8.1
|color4 = MediumOrchid
|label5 = Other religions
|value5 = 1.6
|color5 = Chartreuse
|label6 = [[Irreligion|Non-religious]]
|value6 = 5.3
|color6 = Honeydew
|label7 = [[Atheism|Atheists]]
|value7 = 0.2
|color7 = Grey
|label8 = Undeclared
|value8 = 21.8
|color8 = Black
}}
In 2011, it had a population of 22,066 and the [[population density]] was 90/km².

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! County population<ref>népesség.com, ''[http://nepesseg.com/jaras/kemecsei "Kemecsei járás népessége"]''</ref>
! Change
|-
| 2011
| 22,066
|align="right"| n/a
|}

===Ethnicity===
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 2,000).

Total population (2011 census): 22,066<br>
Ethnic groups (2011 census):<ref>4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, {{in lang|hu}} ''[http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_15]''</ref> Identified themselves: 21,663 persons:
*[[Hungarians]]: 19,597 (90.46%)
*[[Romani people in Hungary|Gypsies]]: 1,900 (8.77%)
*Others and indefinable: 166 (0.77%)
Approx. 500 persons in Kemecse District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

===Religion===
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:<ref>4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, {{in lang|hu}} ''[http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_15]''</ref>

*[[Reformed Church in Hungary|Reformed]] – 8,356;
*Catholic – 7,241 ([[Roman Catholicism in Hungary|Roman Catholic]] – 5,443; [[Hungarian Greek Catholic Church|Greek Catholic]] – 1,798);
*[[Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary|Evangelical]] – 92;
*other religions – 360;
*[[Irreligion|Non-religious]] – 1,175; 
*[[Atheism]] – 55;
*''Undeclared'' – 4,787.

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="200px">
File:Berkesz.jpg|Aerial view of [[Berkesz]]
File:House from Beszterec.jpg|Traditional house from [[Beszterec]]
File:Berkesz kastély.jpg|Vay Mansion in Berkesz
File:Székely légifotó.jpg|Aerial view of [[Székely (village)|Székely]]
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of cities and towns of Hungary]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.iranyitoszamnavigator.hu/kemecsei-jaras-telepulesei Postal codes of the Kemecse District]

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