Csenger () is a district in eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''

Csenger Csenger is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It is known for being the poorest town in Hungary. In 2023, the Hungarian Prison Service Headquarters announced that it is constructing a ...

'' 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 Szatmár historical and geographical region.

Geography

Csenger District borders with

Fehérgyarmat District Fehérgyarmat () is a district in eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Fehérgyarmat'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain Statistic ...

to the north, the

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n county of

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to the east and south, and with

Mátészalka District Mátészalka () is a district in central-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. ''Mátészalka'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain Sta ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csenger District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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, 2 large villages and 8 villages (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013): The bolded municipality is a city, municipalities in ''italics'' are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 13,485 and the

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was 55/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the

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(approx. 2,500) and

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(200). Total population (2011 census): 13,485
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 14,221 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

: 12,262 (86.22%) *

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: 1,704 (11.98%) *

: 178 (1.25%) *Others and indefinable: 77 (0.54%) Approx. 1,000 persons in Csenger District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 8,244; *Catholic – 2,872 (

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– 1,783;

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– 1,089); *

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– 55; *other religions – 181; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 434; *

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– 11; *''Undeclared'' – 1,688.

Gallery

File:Csenger - Temple.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Református templom, légifotó, Csengersima.jpg, Aerial view of Csengersima File:Szamostatárfalva légifotó.jpg, Aerial view of Szamostatárfalva File:Reformed church in Porcsalma.JPG, Reformed Church in

Porcsalma Porcsalma is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or are ...

References

External links

Postal codes of the Csenger District
Districts in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County {{Szabolcs-geo-stub