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 Statistical Region.

Geography

Makó District borders with Hódmezővásárhely District and Orosháza District ' to the north, the Romanian counties of Arad to the east and Timiș to the south, Szeged District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Makó District is 15'''.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 12 villages.
The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 45,138 and the population density was 66/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma, Romanian, Slovak, German and Serb.
Total population : 45,138
Ethnic groups : Identified themselves: 43,043 persons:

Hungarians: 40,574
Gypsies: 1,101
Romanians: 662
Others and indefinable: 706

Approx. 2,000 persons in Makó District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

Catholic – 17,365 ;
Reformed – 5,187;
Evangelical – 411;
Orthodox – 292;
other religions – 675;
Non-religious – 11,672;
Atheism – 464;
Undeclared – 9,072.