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 | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Szentes District within Hungary and Csongrád County. | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| County | Csongrád |
| District seat | Szentes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 813.84 km2 (314.23 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st in Csongrád |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 41,328 |
| • Rank | 4th in Csongrád |
| • Density | 51/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]
- Árpádhalom (488)
- Derekegyház (1,595)
- Eperjes (495)
- Fábiánsebestyén (2,020)
- Nagymágocs (3,087)
- Nagytőke (457)
- Szegvár (4,440)
- Szentes (28,476) – district seat
The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.
Demographics
Religion in Szentes District (2011 census)
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:
- Hungarians: 35,631 (96.95%)
- Gypsies: 569 (1.55%)
- Others and indefinable: 553 (1.50%)
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]
- Catholic – 11,572 (Roman Catholic – 11,493; Greek Catholic – 73);
- Reformed – 4,964;
- Evangelical – 413;
- Orthodox – 41;
- other religions – 293;
- Non-religious – 12,244;
- Atheism – 614;
- Undeclared – 11,187.
Gallery
Szentes, the district seat
Károlyi Castle in Nagymágocs
Church ruins of Ecser (Szentes)
Károlyi Mansion in Derekegyház
See also
References
- A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
- népesség.com, "Szentesi járás népessége"
- 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
- 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)