Csenger District

Csenger (Hungarian: Csengeri járás) is a district in eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Csenger 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 Szatmár historical and geographical region.

Csenger District

Csengeri járás
Coat of arms
Csenger District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seatCsenger
Area
  Total246.51 km2 (95.18 sq mi)
Area rank11th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population
 (2011 census)
  Total13,485
  Rank13th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
  Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)

Geography

Csenger District borders with Fehérgyarmat District to the north, the Romanian county of Satu Mare to the east and south, Mátészalka District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csenger District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1]

The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Csenger District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (61.1%)
  Greek Catholicism (13.2%)
  Catholic Church (8.1%)
  Orthodoxy (0.4%)
  Other religions (1.4%)
  Non-religious (3.2%)
  Atheists (0.1%)
  Undeclared (12.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 13,485 and the population density was 55/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 13,485 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and Romanian (200).

Total population (2011 census): 13,485
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 14,221 persons:

Approx. 1,000 persons in Csenger District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

See also

References

  1. A KSH 2013. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Csengeri járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)


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