Szentes District

Szentes (Hungarian: 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.

Szentes District

Szentesi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Szentes District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Country Hungary
CountyCsongrád
District seatSzentes
Area
 • Total813.84 km2 (314.23 sq mi)
Area rank1st in Csongrád
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total41,328
 • Rank4th in Csongrád
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)

Geography

Szentes District borders with Kunszentmárton District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) and Szarvas District (Békés County) to the north, Orosháza District (Békés County) to the east, Hódmezővásárhely District to the south, Csongrád District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szentes District is 8.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

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

Demographics

Religion in Szentes District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (27.8%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)
  Calvinism (12.0%)
  Lutheranism (1.0%)
  Orthodoxy (0.1%)
  Other religions (0.7%)
  Non-religious (29.6%)
  Atheists (1.5%)
  Undeclared (27.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 41,328 and the population density was 51/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 41,328 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 600) and German (150).

Total population (2011 census): 41,328
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 36,753 persons:

Approx. 4,500 persons in Szentes District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Szentesi 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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