Mórahalom () is a district in south-western part of

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Mórahalom Mórahalom is a town in Csongrád-Csanád County, Csongrád-Csanád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. It is a developing town located away from Szeged, from the western exit of the M5 motorway, along the main road 5 ...

'' 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

Mórahalom District borders with

Kiskunmajsa District Kiskunmajsa () is a district in eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. ''Kiskunmajsa'' 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 Kiskunmajsa Di ...

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Kistelek District Kistelek () is a district in western part of Csongrád County. '' Kistelek'' 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 Kistelek District bor ...

to the north,

Szeged District Szeged (; ; ) 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 Szeged District borde ...

to the east, the

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to the south,

Kiskunhalas District Kiskunhalas () is a district in south-eastern part of Bács-Kiskun County. '' Kiskunhalas'' 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 Kiskunh ...

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)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mórahalom District is 10.

Municipalities

The district has 1

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and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 28,986 and the

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was 52/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian (approx. 200), German (150) and Serb (100). Total population (2011 census): 28,986
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 26,831 persons: *

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: 26,127 (97.38%) *Others and indefinable: 704 (2.62%) Approx. 2,000 persons in Mórahalom District did not declare their 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,

' *Catholic – 18,988 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 18,942;

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– 44); *

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– 666; *

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– 75; *

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– 42; *other religions – 425; *

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 ...

– 2,762; *

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– 228; *''Undeclared'' – 5,800.

Gallery

File:Szent László templom Mórahalom.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Nagyszésós tó Mórahalom.jpg, Nagyszéksós-tó near Mórahalom File:Ruzsa Felszabadulás utca.JPG, View of Ruzsa File:Mórahalom Ipari Park.jpg, Aerial view of Mórahalom

References

External links

Postal codes of the Mórahalom District
Districts in Csongrád-Csanád County {{Csongrad-geo-stub