Csongrád ( hu, Csongrádi járás) is a district in north-western part of

Csongrád County Csongrád ( ro, Ciongrad; tr, Conğrad sr, Чонград, Čongrad, 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) th ...

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Csongrád Csongrád ( ro, Ciongrad; tr, Conğrad sr, Чонград, Čongrad, 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 ...

'' 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 ( hu, Kunszentmártoni járás) 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 ...

''(

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok ( hu, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye, ) is the name of an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye'') in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zempl ...

)'' to the northeast, Szentes District to the east,

Kistelek District Kistelek ( hu, Kisteleki járás) 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 ...

to the south,

Kiskunfélegyháza District Kiskunfélegyháza ( hu, Kiskunfélegyházi járás) 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 S ...

and

Tiszakécske District Tiszakécske ( hu, Tiszakécskei járás) 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 ...

''( Bács-Kiskun County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csongrád District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 1

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

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

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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 ( ; 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 ...

: 20,366 (97.12%) *

Gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

: 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;

Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...

– 31); * Reformed – 621; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...

– 63; *other religions – 245; *

Non-religious Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and ant ...

– 3,165; * Atheism – 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, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders. The Tisza be ...

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