Szentes District

Szentes is a district in north-eastern part of Csongrád County. Szentes 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 ' and Szarvas District ' to the north, Orosháza District ' to the east, Hódmezővásárhely District to the south, Csongrád District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szentes District is 8'''.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 5 villages.
The bolded municipality is city, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 41,328 and the population density was 51/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma and German.
Total population : 41,328
Ethnic groups : Identified themselves: 36,753 persons:

Hungarians: 35,631
Gypsies: 569
Others and indefinable: 553

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:

Catholic – 11,572 ;
Reformed – 4,964;
Evangelical – 413;
Orthodox – 41;
other religions – 293;
Non-religious – 12,244;
Atheism – 614;
Undeclared – 11,187.