Kunszentmárton District
Kunszentmárton District
Kunszentmártoni járás | |
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5th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Kunszentmárton (
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 Statistical Region. This district is a part of Nagykunság
historical and geographical region.
Geography
Kunszentmárton District borders with
) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kunszentmárton District is 11.Municipalities
The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]
- Cibakháza (4,327)
- Csépa (1,535)
- Cserkeszőlő (2,090)
- Kunszentmárton (8,373) – district seat
- Nagyrév (729)
- Öcsöd (3,199)
- Szelevény (1,050)
- Tiszaföldvár (11,120)
- Tiszainoka (415)
- Tiszakürt (1,353)
- Tiszasas (985)
The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 36,147 and the population density was 63/km2.
Year | County population[2] | Change |
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2011 | 36,147 | n/a |
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,000) and German (150).
Total population (2011 census): 36,147
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 31,213 persons:
- Hungarians: 29,687 (95.11%)
- Gypsies: 1,137 (3.64%)
- Others and indefinable: 389 (1.25%)
Approx. 5,000 persons in Kunszentmárton District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]
- Catholic – 10,103 (Roman Catholic – 10,055; Greek Catholic– 48);
- Reformed – 4,281;
- Evangelical – 220;
- other religions – 349;
- Non-religious – 10,888;
- Atheism – 376;
- Undeclared – 9,930.
Transport
Road network
- The expressway (W→E) goes across the district. Two exits located in Kunszentmárton District: Tiszakürt and Kunszentmárton.
The road connect Békéscsaba to the highway network. - Main road (W→E): Kecskemét... – Kunszentmárton District (4 municipalities: Tiszakürt, Cserkeszőlő, Kunszetmárton, Öcsöd) – ...Gyula
- Main road (N→S): Kunszentmárton District (1 municipality: Kunszentmárton) – ...Hódmezővásárhely
- Main road (N→S): Szolnok... – Kunszentmárton District (2 municipalities: Tiszaföldvár, Kunszentmárton)
Railway network
- Line 130 (N→S): Tiszatenyő (120)... – Kunszentmárton District (2 municipalities: Tiszaföldvár, Kunszentmárton) – ...Hódmezővásárhely (135)
- Line 146 (W→E): Kecskemét (140, 142, 152)... – Kunszentmárton District (4 municipalities: Tiszasas, Csépa, Szelevény, Kunszentmárton)
Gallery
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Kunszentmárton, St. Martin Church
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Körös river near Kunszentmárton
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Aerial view of Tiszaföldvár
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Main entrance of thermal bath in Cserkeszőlő
See also
References
- ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
- ^ népesség.com, "Kunszentmártoni járás népessége"
- ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
- ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]