Szentes () is a district in north-eastern 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 ...

. ''

Szentes Szentes () is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád-Csanád County, Csongrád county, near the Tisza, Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region. It is the third most populous town in Csongrád-Csanád County, Cso ...

'' 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

Szentes District borders with

Kunszentmárton District Kunszentmárton () is a district in southern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. ''Kunszentmárton'' 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 Statisti ...

''( Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' and

Szarvas District Szarvas (; ) is a district in western part of Békés County. ''Szarvas'' 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 Szarvas District borders ...

''(

Békés County Békés (, , ) is an administrative division (county or ''vármegye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital ...

)'' to the north,

Orosháza District Orosháza () is a district in south-western part of Békés County. Orosháza 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 Orosháza District is ...

''(Békés County)'' to the east,

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 south,

Csongrád District Csongrád () is a district in north-western part of Csongrád County. ''Csongrád'' 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 Csongrád Dis ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szentes District is 8.

Municipalities

The district has 1

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

, 2 large villages and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipality is city, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 41,328 and the

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was 51/km².

Ethnicity

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): Identified themselves: 36,753 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 ...

: 35,631 (96.95%) *

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 , ...

: 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

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

' *Catholic – 11,572 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 11,493;

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– 73); *

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– 4,964; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

– 413; *

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...

– 41; *other religions – 293; *

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 ...

– 12,244; *

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 ...

– 614; *''Undeclared'' – 11,187.

Gallery

File:Szentes légifotó1.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Nagymagocs Karolyi kastely.jpg, Károlyi Castle in

Nagymágocs Nagymágocs is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 2985 people (2015). References External links

* in Hungarian Popula ...

File:Ecseri templomrom.jpg, Church ruins of Ecser (Szentes) File:Derekegyháza - Palace.jpg, Károlyi Mansion in Derekegyház

References

External links

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