Csongrád District

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Csongrád District
Csongrádi járás
Official logo of Csongrád District
Csongrád District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Csongrád District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Country Hungary
CountyCsongrád
District seatCsongrád (town)
Area
 • Total339.24 km2 (130.98 sq mi)
Area rank7th in Csongrád
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total22,996
 • Rank6th in Csongrád
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)

Csongrád (Hungarian: Csongrádi járás) is a district in north-western part of Csongrád County. Csongrád is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography[]

Csongrád District borders with Kunszentmárton District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the northeast, Szentes District to the east, Kistelek District to the south, Kiskunfélegyháza District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csongrád District is 4.

Municipalities[]

The district has 1 town and 3 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics[]

Religion in Csongrád District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (58.2%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.1%)
  Calvinism (2.7%)
  Lutheranism (0.3%)
  Other religions (1.1%)
  Non-religious (13.7%)
  Atheists (0.8%)
  Undeclared (23.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 22,996 and the population density was 68/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 22,996 n/a

Ethnicity[]

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 300).

Total population (2011 census): 22,996
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 20,969 persons:

Approx. 2,000 persons in Csongrád District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion[]

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

Gallery[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Csongrádi járás népessége"
  3. ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
  4. ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links[]

Coordinates: 46°43′00″N 20°08′00″E / 46.7167°N 20.1333°E / 46.7167; 20.1333


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