Kunszentmárton ( hu, Kunszentmártoni járás) is a district in southern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. ''

Kunszentmárton Kunszentmárton is a small town of the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, central Hungary. Geography Körös River crosses the town from the north-east to the south. Twin towns – sister cities Kunszentmárton is twinned with: * Teterow Tet ...

'' 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

Nagykunság Nagykunság ("Greater Cumania", la, Cumania Major) is a historical and geographical region in Hungary situated in the current Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county between Szolnok and Debrecen. Like other historical European regions called Cumania, it ...

historical and geographical region.

Geography

Kunszentmárton District borders with Szolnok District and Mezőtúr District to the north,

Szarvas District Szarvas ( hu, Szarvasi járás; sk, Sarvašský okres) is a district in western part of Békés County. '' Szarvas'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Re ...

''( Békés County)'' to the east,

Szentes District Szentes ( hu, Szentesi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Csongrád County. ''Szentes'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geograph ...

and Csongrád District ''( Csongrád County)'' to the south, Cegléd District and Tiszakécske District ''(

Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun ( hu, Bács-Kiskun megye, ) is a county (''megye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created as a result of World War II, merging the prewar Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. Wit ...

)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kunszentmárton District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 36,147 and the population density was 63/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,000) and German (150). Total population (2011 census): 36,147
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 31,213 persons: * Hungarians: 29,687 (95.11%) * Gypsies: 1,137 (3.64%) *Others and indefinable: 389 (1.25%) Approx. 5,000 persons in Kunszentmárton 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 – 10,103 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 10,055; Greek Catholic – 48); *

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– 4,281; * Evangelical – 220; *other religions – 349; * Non-religious – 10,888; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

– 376; *''Undeclared'' – 9,930.

Transport

Road network

*The

expressway Expressway may refer to: * Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. * Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional s ...

(W→E) goes across the district. Two exits located in Kunszentmárton District: Tiszakürt and Kunszentmárton.
The road connect Békéscsaba to the highway network. *

Main road A "main road" may refer to: * A major road in a town or village, or in a country area. * A highway * A trunk road, especially in British English Main Road may refer to: * Main Road, Hobart, Australia * Main Road, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh * Main R ...

(W→E):

Kecskemét... – Kunszentmárton District (4 municipalities: ''Tiszakürt, Cserkeszőlő, Kunszetmárton, Öcsöd'') – ...Gyula *

(N→S): Kunszentmárton District (1 municipality:

) – ...Hódmezővásárhely 47 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla

(N→S):

Szolnok... – Kunszentmárton District (2 municipalities: Tiszaföldvár,

)

Railway network

* Line 130 (N→S): Tiszatenyő (120)... – Kunszentmárton District (2 municipalities: Tiszaföldvár,

) – ...Hódmezővásárhely (135) * Line 146 (W→E): Kecskemét (140, 142, 152)... – Kunszentmárton District (4 municipalities:

Tiszasas Tiszasas is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. It is near the river Tisza, where people like to go fishing. It has a church near the river. Trains go from Budapest to Tiszasas or from ...

, Csépa, Szelevény,

)

Gallery

File:Saint Martin church and Koros river bed, Kunsztmarton hu.jpg,

, St. Martin Church File:Near Kunszentmárton, 2006 Körös1.jpg, Körös river near Kunszentmárton File:Tiszaföldvár légifotó4.jpg, Aerial view of Tiszaföldvár File:Dolphin well Cserkeszőlő.jpg, Main entrance of thermal bath in Cserkeszőlő

References

External links

Kunszentmárton District - HunMix.hu

Postal codes of the Kunszentmárton District
{{authority control Districts in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County