Kunszentmárton District Explained

Kunszentmárton District
Native Name:Kunszentmártoni járás
Native Name Lang:hu
Settlement Type:Districts of Hungary
Image Blank Emblem:HUN Kunszentmárton Címer.svg
Blank Emblem Type:Coat of arms
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Kunszentmárton
Area Total Km2:576.49
Area Rank:5th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Population As Of:2011 census
Population Total:36,147
Population Rank:5th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Population Density Km2:63

Kunszentmárton (Hungarian: Kunszentmártoni járás) is a district in southern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Kunszentmárton 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 historical and geographical region.

Geography

Kunszentmárton District borders with Szolnok District and Mezőtúr District to the north, Szarvas District (Békés County) to the east, Szentes District and Csongrád District (Csongrád County) to the south, Cegléd District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kunszentmárton District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 7 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 36,147 and the population density 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):[3] Identified themselves: 31,213 persons:

29,687 (95.11%)

1,137 (3.64%)

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]

Transport

Road network

Railway network

See also

External links

46.9°N 20.25°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2012.xls A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Kunszentmártoni járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_16
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_16