Hajdú-Bihar county

**Hajdú-Bihar**


Hajdú-Bihar
County seat :	Debrecen
Surface:	6,210 km²
Residents:	534,974 as of 2016

Hajdú-Bihar [ ˈhɒjduː ˈbihɒr ] is a county in eastern Hungary . It borders Romania to the east and the counties of Békés , Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok , Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg . It has an area of 6,210.39 km² and a population of 534,974 (2016). The county seat is in Debrecen .

geography

The area is flat and forms part of the Great Hungarian Plain . In the west the county reaches the Tisza .

structure

With the government ordinance No. 218/2012 of August 13, 2012, the statistical small regions (Hungarian kistérség ) were abolished on January 1, 2013 and replaced by an approximately equal number of districts (Hungarian járás ). The small areas were retained for a while for planning and statistical purposes, but were finally abolished on February 25, 2014. There were nine small areas in the county before it was dissolved. In the course of this reform, all areas were redesigned.

Hajdú-Bihar county counties

Former classification

The following small areas ( kistérség ) existed in Hajdú-Bihar County until the end of 2012 .

code	Small area	Administrative headquarters	Population (December 31, 2012)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
3901	Balmazújváros	Balmazújváros	29.002	731.24	4th	2
3902	Berettyóújfalu	Berettyóújfalu	51,928	1225.54	29	3
3903	Debrecen	Debrecen	208,738	498.58	2	1
3904	Hajdúböszörmény	Hajdúböszörmény	57,592	731.05	3	3
3905	Hajdúszoboszló	Hajdúszoboszló	34,288	506.74	4th	1
3906	Polgár	Polgár	13,956	383.86	6th	1
3907	Püspökladány	Püspökladány	49,764	954.95	13	3
3908	Derecske-Létavértes	Létavértes	35,221	542.88	10	2
3909	Hajdúhadház	Hajdúhadház	60,863	635.62	11	5

Current classification

Hajdú-Bihar county is divided into 16 districts (Hungarian járás ) with 82 villages: the city of Debrecen with county law (Hungarian Megyei jogú város ), 20 cities without county law (Hungarian város ), 10 large municipalities (Hungarian nagyközség ) and 51 municipalities (Hungarian község ).

Location type	number	Area (in km²)			Population on January 1, 2016			Population density (Ew / km²)
Location type	number	absolutely	proportionally	on average	absolutely	proportionally	on average	Population density (Ew / km²)
City with county law	1	461.66	7.43%		203.059	37.96%		439.8
Cities without county law	20th	2,852.33	45.93%	142.62	224,541	41.97%	11,227	78.7
Large municipalities	10	688.94	11.09%	68.89	32.030	5.99%	3,203	46.5
Communities	51	2,207.46	35.54%	43.28	75,344	14.08%	1,477	34.1
Hajdù-Bihar county	82	6,210.39		75.74	534.974		6,524	86.1

The current circles are:

code	circle	Circular seat	Residents (January 1, 2013)	Area in km²	Number of parishes	including cities
093	Balmazújváros	Balmazújváros	30,488	827.45	5	2
094	Berettyóújfalu	Berettyóújfalu	45,539	1,073.90	25th	3
095	Debrecen	Debrecen	217.217	531.12	2	2
096	Derecske	Derecske	41,820	650.30	13	2
097	Hajdúböszörmény	Hajdúböszörmény	40,424	471.43	2	2
098	Hajdúhadház	Hajdúhadház	22,328	137.02	3	2
099	Hajdúnánás	Hajdúnánás	29,638	547.27	6th	2
100	Hajdúszoboszló	Hajdúszoboszló	43,175	732.65	5	2
101	Nyíradony	Nyíradony	29,846	510.28	9	2
102	Püspökladány	Püspökladány	40,877	729.04	12	2

Largest cities and towns

City / municipality	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Debrecen	203.059
Hajdúböszörmény	30,951
Hajdúszoboszló	23,735
Balmazújváros	17,421
Hajdúnánás	17,038
Berettyóújfalu	14,816
Püspökladány	14,511
Hajdúsámson	13,039
Hajdúhadház	12,747
Nádudvar	8,697
Hajdúdorog	8,622
Derecske	8,612
Polgár	7,908

City / municipality	Residents (January 1, 2016)
Nyíradony	7,714
Létavértes	7.108
Téglás	6.321
Kaba	5,807
Hosszúpályi ¹	5,632
Komádi	5,341
Vámospércs	5,322
Egyek ¹	5,030
Tiszacsege	4,684
Mikepércs ²	4,576
Ebes ²	4,435
Biharkeresztes	4.147

Aerial view: Debrecen

Church ruins in Berettyóújfalu

Locations without an addition are cities.
¹ large municipalities ( nagyközség ), ² municipalities ( község )

Population development

Population development of the county

Dates in bold are census results.

date	population	date	population
01/01/1960 ¹	522.787	01/01/2007	545,641
01/01/1970	524,952	01/01/2008	543,802
01/01/1980	551,448	01/01/2009	542.192
01/01/1990	548.728	01/01/2010	541.298
01/01/2001	553.264	01/01/2011	539.674
02/01/2001	552.998	October 01, 2011	546.721
01/01/2002	552.478	01/01/2012	543.452
01/01/2003	551.837	01/01/2013	541.352
01/01/2004	550.265	01/01/2014	539.507
01/01/2005	549.372	01/01/2015	537.268
01/01/2006	547.357	01/01/2016	534.974

¹1960: present population; otherwise resident population

Population development of the districts

All districts have a negative population balance.

District name	Population level on January 1st
District name	2013	2014	2015	2016
Balmazújváros	30,488	30,353	30,175	30,068
Berettyóújfalu	45,539	45,277	44,999	44,559
Debrecen	217.217	216.773	216,467	216,098
Derecske	41,820	41,775	41,466	41,348
Hajdúböszörmény	40,424	40.129	39.901	39,573
Hajdúhadház	22,328	22,335	22,322	22,238
Hajdúnánás	29,638	29,514	29,318	29,115
Hajdúszoboszló	43,175	42,983	42,665	42,615
Nyíradony	29,846	29,808	29,841	29,678
Püspökladány	40,877	40,560	40.114	39,682
Hajdú-Bihar county	541.352	539.507	537.268	534.974

History and culture

Hajdú is the traditional county of the Heiducken , who were settled hereby Stephan Bocskai around 1605 as a border defense against the Ottomans . After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920 it was unitedwith the remains of the historical Bihar County , the largest part of which has belonged to Romania since then andforms the Bihor County there .