Csongrád District | |
Native Name: | Csongrádi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Csongrád Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Csongrád |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Csongrád (town) |
Area Total Km2: | 339.24 |
Area Rank: | 7th in Csongrád |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 22,996 |
Population Rank: | 6th in Csongrád |
Population Density Km2: | 68 |
Csongrád (Hungarian: Csongrádi járás) 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.
Csongrád District borders with Kunszentmárton District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the northeast, Szentes District to the east, Kistelek District to the south, Kiskunfélegyháza District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csongrád District is 4.
The district has 1 town and 3 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is the city.
In 2011, it had a population of 22,996 and the population density was 68/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 300).
Total population (2011 census): 22,996
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 20,969 persons:
20,366 (97.12%)
305 (1.45%)
Approx. 2,000 persons in Csongrád District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]