Sobrance District (Slovak: okres Sobrance) is a district in
the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.
It is the easternmost district of the Košice Region. Sobrance district borders Michalovce District, Prešov Region and Ukraine. It lies mainly on a lowlands of Eastern Slovak Lowland. Sobrance district was established in 1996. The administrative, cultural end economy center is Sobrance town.
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Population
It has a population of 22,118 people (31 December 2025).
Ethnicity
In year 2021 was 24,182 people by ethnicity 19,987 as Slovak, 1866 as Romani, 871 as Not found out, 675 as Rusyn, 368 as Ukrainian, 130 as Hungarian, 126 as Czech, 64 as Other, 23 as Polish, 16 as Russian, 9 as German, 8 as English, 7 as Romanian, 5 as Bulgarian, 4 as Jewish, 4 as Austrian, 3 as Irish, 3 as Vietnamese, 3 as Moravian, 2 as Chinese, 2 as Italian, 2 as Canadian, 2 as Croatian, 1 as Turkish and 1 as Greek.
Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.
Religion
In year 2021 was 22,440 people by religion 8279 from Roman Catholic Church, 7712 from Greek Catholic Church, 2057 from None, 1565 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 1131 from Calvinist Church, 903 from Not found out, 339 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 190 from Evangelical Church, 96 from Apostolic Church, 34 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 30 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 19 from Church of the Brethren, 18 from Other, 16 from Ad hoc movements, 15 from United Methodist Church, 12 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 8 from Buddhism, 7 from Islam, 3 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 2 from Jewish community, 1 from Old Catholic Church, 1 from Hinduism, 1 from Baptists Church and 1 from Bahá'i Community.
Municipalities
Population and area values are current for year 2025.