Csenger ( hu, Csengeri járás) is a district in eastern part of

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg ( hu, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye, ) is an administrative county (Hungarian: ''megye'') in north-eastern Hungary, bordering Slovakia (Košice Region), Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast), and Romania ( Bihor and Satu Mare coun ...

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Csenger Csenger is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography The town covers an area of and has a population of 4,870 people (2015). It lies on left bank of the river Szamos, on the bor ...

'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Szatmár historical and geographical region.

Geography

Csenger District borders with

Fehérgyarmat District Fehérgyarmat ( hu, Fehérgyarmati járás) is a district in eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. '' Fehérgyarmat'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain St ...

to the north, the

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n county of Satu Mare to the east and south, and with

Mátészalka District Mátészalka ( hu, Mátészalkai járás) is a district in central-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Mátészalka'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plai ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csenger District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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, 2 large villages and 8 villages (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013): The bolded municipality is a city, municipalities in ''italics'' are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 13,485 and the

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was 55/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the

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(approx. 2,500) and

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(200). Total population (2011 census): 13,485
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 14,221 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

: 12,262 (86.22%) *

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: 1,704 (11.98%) *

: 178 (1.25%) *Others and indefinable: 77 (0.54%) Approx. 1,000 persons in Csenger District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 8,244; *Catholic – 2,872 (

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– 1,783;

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– 1,089); *

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– 55; *other religions – 181; *

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– 434; * Atheism – 11; *''Undeclared'' – 1,688.

Gallery

File:Csenger - Temple.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Református templom, légifotó, Csengersima.jpg, Aerial view of Csengersima File:Szamostatárfalva légifotó.jpg, Aerial view of Szamostatárfalva File:Reformed church in Porcsalma.JPG, Reformed Church in

Porcsalma Porcsalma is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, ...

References

External links

Postal codes of the Csenger District
Districts in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub