Szeged (; ; ) is a district in southern part of

Csongrád County Csongrád (; , archaically also ''Црноград/Crnograd,'' ) is a town in Csongrád County in southern Hungary. History At the time of the Hungarian Conquest (the end of 9th century) the Maros Valley was under Bulgarian control. The fortre ...

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Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...

'' 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 borders with Kistelek District to the northwest,

Hódmezővásárhely District Hódmezővásárhely () is a district in eastern part of Csongrád County. ''Hódmezővásárhely'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain Statistica ...

to the northeast,

Makó District Makó () is a district in south-eastern part of Csongrád County. ''Makó'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography ...

to the east, the

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n districts of North Banat to the east and North Bačka to the south,

Mórahalom District Mórahalom () is a district in south-western part of Csongrád County. ''Mórahalom'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain, Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Ge ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szeged District is 13.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 1

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, 1 large village and 10 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 204,263 and the

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was 276/km².

Ethnicity

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): Identified themselves: 183,577 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 ...

: 172,834 (94.15%) *

Gypsies {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , ...

: 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

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

' *Catholic – 79,614 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 78,826;

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– 762); *

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– 9,328; *

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– 2,105; * Orthodox – 457; *other religions – 4,533; *

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 ...

– 42,459; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...

– 4,187; *''Undeclared'' – 61,580.

Gallery

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, the ''Sunniest city in Hungary'' File:Tisza River - artificially planted forest, floodplain near Algyoe Hungary.jpg, Artificially planted forest near

Algyő Algyő () is a large village in Csongrád County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern 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 area. Gove ...

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Tisza The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa (see below) is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once called "the most Hungarian river" because it used to flow entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national bo ...

river) File:BebaVeche1.jpg, Triplex Confinium near Kübekháza File:Deszk kastély.jpg, Gerliczy Mansion in Deszk File:Klauzal ter - panoramio.jpg, Downtown of Szeged File:Cathedral of Szeged2.jpg, Szeged Cathedral File:Szeged Town Hall in winter 2009 (2).JPG, Town Hall in Szeged File:National Theatre of Szeged.jpg, National Theatre (Szeged)

References

https://www.citypopulation.de/en/hungary/admin/csongr%C3%A1d/075__szeged/

External links

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