Hódmezővásárhely ( hu, Hódmezővásárhelyi járás) is a district in eastern 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 ...

. '' Hódmezővásárhely'' 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

Hódmezővásárhely District borders with Szentes District to the north,

Orosháza District Orosháza ( hu, Orosházi járás) is a district in south-western part of Békés County. Orosháza 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 ...

''(

Békés County Békés (, , ro, Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or ''megye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The ...

)'' to the east,

Makó District Makó ( hu, Makói járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Csongrád County. ''Makó'' 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 Ma ...

to the south,

Szeged District Szeged ( hu, Szegedi járás; sr, Сегедински округ, Segedinski okrug; german: Kreis Szegedin) is a district in southern part of Csongrád County. ''Szeged'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The distric ...

and

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 west. The number of the inhabited places in Hódmezővásárhely District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 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 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 56,560 and the

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was 80/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 600) and German (250). Total population (2011 census): 56,560
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 50,015 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 ...

: 48,444 (96.86%) *

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 ...

: 571 (1.41%) *Others and indefinable: 1,000 (2.00%) Approx. 6,500 persons in Hódmezővásárhely 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 – 13,789 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 13,699;

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– 88); * Reformed – 8,059; *

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 ...

– 369; *other religions – 1,277; *

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 ...

– 16,606; * Atheism – 771; *''Undeclared'' – 15,689.

Gallery

File:Hodmezocivertanlegi1.jpg, Hódmezővásárhely, the ''Peasant Paris'' File:The ferry at Mindszent Rév.jpg, The ferry at

Mindszent Mindszent is a town in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city ...

(

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:Mártélyi rónaság.JPG, Plain near Mártély File:Városháza, Hódmezővásárhely, Kossuth Lajos tér 1 - Hodmezocivertanlegi3.jpg, Town Hall in Hódmezővásárhely File:Hodmezovasarhely-MHB.JPG, Park in Hódmezővásárhely File:Hodmezovasarhely-Calvinist Church.JPG, Reformed Church in Hódmezővásárhely

References

External links

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