Hódmezővásárhely () is a district in eastern 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 ...

. ''

Hódmezővásárhely Hódmezővásárhely (; also known by other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the river Tisz ...

'' 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 ''(

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

)'' to the east,

Makó District Makó () 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, Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography ...

to the south,

Szeged District Szeged (; ; ) is a district in southern part of Csongrád County. ''Szeged'' 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 borde ...

and

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

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 1

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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, 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 ...

: 48,444 (96.86%) *

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 , ...

: 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;

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

– 88); *

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 ...

– 8,059; *

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 ...

– 369; *other religions – 1,277; *

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 ...

– 16,606; *

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 ...

– 771; *''Undeclared'' – 15,689.

Gallery

File:Hodmezocivertanlegi1.jpg,

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

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: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