Szeged District

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Districts of Hungary in Csongrád

Szeged District

Szegedi járás

Districts of Hungary

Coat of arms

Szeged District within Hungary and Csongrád County.

Country|  Hungary
County| Csongrád
District seat| Szeged
Area

• Total

| 741.10 km2 (286.14 sq mi)
• Rank| 2nd in Csongrád
Population

(2019 census)

• Total

| 197,615
• Rank| 1st in Csongrád
• Density| 276/km2 (710/sq mi)

Szeged (Hungarian: Szegedi járás; Serbian: Сегедински округ, romanized: Segedinski okrug; German: Kreis Szegedin) is a district in southern part of Csongrád County. Szeged is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

## Geography

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Szeged District borders with Kistelek District to the northwest, Hódmezővásárhely District to the northeast, Makó District to the east, the Serbian districts of North Banat to the east and North Bačka to the south, Mórahalom District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szeged District is 13.

## Municipalities

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The district has 1 urban county, 1 town, 1 large village and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

* Algyő (5,251)
* Deszk (3,644)
* Dóc (765)
* Domaszék (4,974)
* Ferencszállás (615)
* Klárafalva (476)
* Kübekháza (1,488)
* Röszke (3,176)
* Sándorfalva (7,953)
* Szatymaz (4,674)
* Szeged (170,052) – district and county seat
* Tiszasziget (1,751)
* Újszentiván (1,786)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

## Demographics

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Religion in Szeged District (2011 census)

1. Catholic Church (38.6%)
2. Greek Catholicism (0.4%)
3. Calvinism (4.6%)
4. Lutheranism (1%)
5. Orthodoxy (0.2%)
6. Other religions (2.2%)
7. Non-religious (20.8%)
8. Atheists (2.1%)
9. Undeclared (30.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 204,263 and the population density was 276/km².

Year  | County population[2] | Change

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2011  | 204,263  | n/a

### Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), Serb and German (1,700), Romanian (750), Slovak (400), Croat (300), Russian and Arab (200), Polish (150), Chinese, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Greek and Armenian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 204,263
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 183,577 persons:

* Hungarians: 172,834 (94.15%)
* Gypsies: 1,932 (1.05%)
* Others and indefinable: 8,811 (4.80%)

Approx. 21,000 persons in Szeged District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

### Religion

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

* Catholic – 79,614 (Roman Catholic – 78,826; Greek Catholic – 762);
* Reformed – 9,328;
* Evangelical – 2,105;
* Orthodox – 457;
* other religions – 4,533;
* Non-religious – 42,459;
* Atheism – 4,187;
* Undeclared – 61,580.

## Gallery

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* Szeged, the Sunniest city in Hungary

* Artificially planted forest near Algyő (Tisza river)

* Triplex Confinium near Kübekháza

* Gerliczy Mansion in Deszk

* Downtown of Szeged

* Szeged Cathedral

* Town Hall in Szeged

* National Theatre (Szeged)

## See also

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* List of cities and towns of Hungary

## References

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1. ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. ^ népesség.com, "Szegedi járás népessége"
3. ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
4. ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

https://www.citypopulation.de/en/hungary/admin/csongrád/075__szeged/

## External links

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* Postal codes of the Szeged District

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Towns and villages of Szeged District

City with county rights (1)|

* Szeged (district seat)

Town (1)|

* Sándorfalva

Large village (1)|

* Algyő

Villages (10)|

* Deszk
* Dóc
* Domaszék
* Ferencszállás
* Klárafalva
* Kübekháza
* Röszke
* Szatymaz
* Tiszasziget
* Újszentiván

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Districts (járások) of Csongrád County

* Csongrád
* Hódmezővásárhely
* Kistelek
* Makó
* Mórahalom
* Szeged
* Szentes

46°15′00″N 20°10′00″E﻿ / ﻿46.2500°N 20.1667°E﻿ / 46.2500; 20.1667

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