Szentes District

Administrative district in Csongrád-Csanád, Hungary

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Districts of Hungary in Csongrád

Szentes District

Szentesi járás

Districts of Hungary

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)

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.

## Geography[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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2011  | 41,328  | n/a

### Ethnicity[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

* Szentes, the district seat

* Károlyi Castle in Nagymágocs

* Church ruins of Ecser (Szentes)

* Károlyi Mansion in Derekegyház

## See also[edit]

* List of cities and towns of Hungary

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Postal codes of the Szentes District

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Towns and villages of Szentes District

Town (1)|

* Szentes (district seat)

Large villages (2)|

* Nagymágocs
* Szegvár

Villages (5)|

* Árpádhalom
* Derekegyház
* Eperjes
* Fábiánsebestyén
* Nagytőke

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Districts (járások) of Csongrád County

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

46°39′00″N 20°15′00″E﻿ / ﻿46.6500°N 20.2500°E﻿ / 46.6500; 20.2500

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