Szeged ( hu, Szegedi járás; sr, Сегедински округ, Segedinski okrug; german: Kreis Szegedin) is a district in southern 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) the ...

. ''

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

'' 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

Szeged District borders with

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 northwest,

Hódmezővásárhely District Hódmezővásárhely ( hu, Hódmezővásárhelyi járás) is a district in eastern part of Csongrád County. '' Hódmezővásárhely'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Pl ...

to the northeast,

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 east, the

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n districts of North Banat to the east and North Bačka to the south,

Mórahalom District Mórahalom ( hu, Mórahalmi járás) is a district in south-western part of Csongrád County. ''Mórahalom'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szeged District is 13.

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 ...

, 1 large village and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 204,263 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: 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 geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

was 276/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), Serb and German (1,700), Romanian (750), Slovak (400), Croat (300), Russian and Arab (200), Polish (150), Chinese, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Greek and Armenian (100). Total population (2011 census): 204,263
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 183,577 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 ...

: 172,834 (94.15%) *

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 ...

: 1,932 (1.05%) *Others and indefinable: 8,811 (4.80%) Approx. 21,000 persons in Szeged 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 – 79,614 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 78,826;

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 ...

– 762); *

Reformed Reform is beneficial change Reform 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 *''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...

– 9,328; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

– 2,105; *

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

– 457; *other religions – 4,533; *

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 anti ...

– 42,459; *

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 ...

– 4,187; *''Undeclared'' – 61,580.

Gallery

File:Hungary szeged dom2.jpg,

, the ''Sunniest city in Hungary'' File:Tisza River - artificially planted forest, floodplain near Algyoe Hungary.jpg, Artificially planted forest near

Algyő Algyő ( hr, Đeva) is a large village 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 ...

(

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:BebaVeche1.jpg, Triplex Confinium near Kübekháza File:Deszk kastély.jpg, Gerliczy Mansion in

Deszk Deszk ( sr, Деска or ''Deska'') is a village near the city of Szeged, in Csongrád-Csanád County, Hungary. Deszk has a historically important Serb minority that consisted 4.9% of the whole population in 2001. The name of the village was firs ...

File:Klauzal ter - panoramio.jpg, Downtown of Szeged File:Cathedral of Szeged2.jpg, Szeged Cathedral File:Szeged Town Hall in winter 2009 (2).JPG, Town Hall in Szeged File:National Theatre of Szeged.jpg, National Theatre (Szeged)

References

https://www.citypopulation.de/en/hungary/admin/csongr%C3%A1d/075__szeged/

External links

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