Hódmezővásárhely District

Hódmezővásárhely (Hungarian: Hódmezővásárhelyi járás) 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 Statistical Region.

Hódmezővásárhely District Hódmezővásárhelyi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Hódmezővásárhely District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Country	Hungary
County	Csongrád
District seat	Hódmezővásárhely
Area
• Total	707.77 km^2 (273.27 sq mi)
Area rank	3rd in Csongrád
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	56,560
• Rank	2nd in Csongrád
• Density	80/km^2 (200/sq mi)

Geography

Hódmezővásárhely District borders with Szentes District to the north, Orosháza District (Békés County) to the east, Makó District to the south, Szeged District and Kistelek District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Hódmezővásárhely District is 4.

Municipalities

The district has 1 urban county, 1 town and 2 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

• Hódmezővásárhely (46,522) – district seat
• Mártély (1,359)
• Mindszent (6,685)
• Székkutas (2,336)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Hódmezővásárhely District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (24.2%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Calvinism (14.2%)

  Lutheranism (0.6%)

  Other religions (2.3%)

  Non-religious (29.4%)

  Atheists (1.4%)

  Undeclared (27.7%)

In 2011, it had a population of 56,560 and the population density was 80/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	56,560	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 600) and German (250).

Total population (2011 census): 56,560
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 50,015 persons:

• Hungarians: 48,444 (96.86%)
• Gypsies: 571 (1.41%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,000 (2.00%)

Approx. 6,500 persons in Hódmezővásárhely District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

• Catholic – 13,789 (Roman Catholic – 13,699; Greek Catholic – 88);
• Reformed – 8,059;
• Evangelical – 369;
• other religions – 1,277;
• Non-religious – 16,606;
• Atheism – 771;
• Undeclared – 15,689.

Gallery

• 
  Hódmezővásárhely, the Peasant Paris
• 
  The ferry at Mindszent (Tisza river)
• 
  Plain near Mártély
• 
  Town Hall in Hódmezővásárhely
• 
  Park in Hódmezővásárhely
• 
  Reformed Church in Hódmezővásárhely

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Hódmezővásárhelyi járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)

External links

• Postal codes of the Hódmezővásárhely District