Csongrád District

Csongrád District Csongrádi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Csongrád District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Country	Hungary
County	Csongrád
District seat	Csongrád (town)
Area
• Total	339.24 km^2 (130.98 sq mi)
• Rank	7th in Csongrád
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	22,996
• Rank	6th in Csongrád
• Density	68/km^2 (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]

• Csanytelek (2,755)
• Csongrád (16,846) – district seat
• Felgyő (1,281)
• Tömörkény (1,751)

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:

• Hungarians: 20,366 (97.12%)
• Gypsies: 305 (1.45%)
• Others and indefinable: 298 (1.42%)

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]

• Catholic – 13,412 (Roman Catholic – 13,380; Greek Catholic – 31);
• Reformed – 621;
• Evangelical – 63;
• other religions – 245;
• Non-religious – 3,165;
• Atheism – 179;
• Undeclared – 5,311.

Gallery

• 
  Csongrád, the district seat
• 
  Narrow gauge rail near Tömörkény
• 
  Sandbank near Csongrád (Tisza river)
• 
  St. Roch Church in Csongrád

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

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

• Postal codes of the Csongrád District

46.7167°N 20.1333°E / 46.7167; 20.1333