Kunszentmárton () 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 Sister city, twinned with: * Tete ...

'' 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", ) 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 is named for the C ...

historical and geographical region.

Geography

Kunszentmárton District borders with

Szolnok District Szolnok () is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. '' Szolnok'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography Szolnok Dis ...

and

Mezőtúr District Mezőtúr () is a district in south-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. ''Mezőtúr'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain Statistical Reg ...

to the north,

Szarvas District Szarvas (; ) 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 Region. Geography Szarvas District borders ...

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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,

Szentes District Szentes () 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. Geography Szentes District ...

and

Csongrád District Csongrád () is a district in north-western part of Csongrád County. ''Csongrád'' 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 Dis ...

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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 ...

)'' to the south,

Cegléd District Cegléd () is a district in south-eastern part of Pest County. ''Cegléd'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Central Hungary Statistical Region. Geography Cegléd District borders wit ...

and

Tiszakécske District Tiszakécske () 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 Region. Geography Tisza ...

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Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun (, ) is a county (''vármegye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created by the merger of the pre-World War II Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. With an area of 8,445 km2, ...

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

Municipalities

The district has 2

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

, 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 Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), 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 geog ...

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 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 ...

: 29,687 (95.11%) *

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 , ...

: 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;

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– 48); *

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– 4,281; *

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 ...

– 220; *other religions – 349; *

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 ...

– 10,888; *

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 ...

– 376; *''Undeclared'' – 9,930.

Transport

Road network

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

Békéscsaba Békéscsaba (; ; see also #Name, other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, the capital of Békés County. Geography Békéscsaba is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, southeast from Budapest. Highway 44, 47 ...

to the highway network. *

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

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

) – ...Hódmezővásárhely *

(N→S): Szolnok... – Kunszentmárton District (2 municipalities:

Tiszaföldvár Tiszaföldvár is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 12,027 people (2002). Politics The current mayor of Tiszaföldvár is Ist ...

)

Railway network

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

) – ...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 Csépa is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Gov ...

Szelevény Szelevény is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by S ...

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Gallery

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

, St. Martin Church File:Near Kunszentmárton, 2006 Körös1.jpg,

Körös The Körös () or Criș () ( German: ''Kreisch'') is a river in eastern Hungary and western Romania. Its length is from the confluence of its two source rivers Fehér-Körös ('' Crișul Alb'') and Fekete-Körös ('' Crișul Negru'') to its outf ...

river near Kunszentmárton File:Tiszaföldvár légifotó4.jpg, Aerial view of

File:Dolphin well Cserkeszőlő.jpg, Main entrance of thermal bath in

Cserkeszőlő Cserkeszőlő is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Cserkeszőlő is a dynamically developing bath resort in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the south part of Northern Great Plains ...

References

External links

Kunszentmárton District - HunMix.hu

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