Csongrád () is a district in north-western part of

Csongrád County Csongrád (; , archaically also ''Црноград/Crnograd,'' ) is a town in Csongrád County in southern Hungary. History At the time of the Hungarian Conquest (the end of 9th century) the Maros Valley was under Bulgarian control. The fortre ...

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Csongrád Csongrád (; , archaically also ''Црноград/Crnograd,'' ) is a town in Csongrád County in southern Hungary. History At the time of the Hungarian Conquest (the end of 9th century) the Maros Valley was under Bulgarian control. The fortre ...

'' 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 Kunszentmárton () is a district in southern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. ''Kunszentmárton'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain Statisti ...

''( Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the northeast, Szentes District to the east,

Kistelek District Kistelek () is a district in western part of Csongrád County. '' Kistelek'' 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 Kistelek District bor ...

to the south,

Kiskunfélegyháza District Kiskunfélegyháza () is a district in eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Kiskunfélegyháza'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain Statistical ...

and

Tiszakécske District Tiszakécske () is a district in north-eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. '' Tiszakécske'' 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 Tisza ...

''(

Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun (, ) is a county (''vármegye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created by the merger of the pre-World War II Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. With an area of 8,445 km2, ...

)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csongrád District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 1

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 3 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 22,996 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

was 68/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 300). Total population (2011 census): 22,996
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 20,969 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

: 20,366 (97.12%) *

Gypsies {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , ...

: 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:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' *Catholic – 13,412 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 13,380;

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– 31); *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change. Reform, reformed or reforming may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine Places * Reform, Al ...

– 621; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

– 63; *other religions – 245; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 3,165; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...

– 179; *''Undeclared'' – 5,311.

Gallery

File:Halászház (17255. számú műemlék) 2.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Narrow gauge lokomotiv C-50 in Tomorkeny.JPG, Narrow gauge rail near Tömörkény File:Sandbank Csongrad.JPG, Sandbank near Csongrád (

Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo ...

river) File:R. k. (Szent Rókus) templom (11171. számú műemlék) 3.jpg, St. Roch Church in Csongrád

References

External links

Postal codes of the Csongrád District
Districts in Csongrád-Csanád County {{Csongrad-geo-stub