Kistelek District

Kistelek District
Kisteleki járás
Districts of Hungary

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Kistelek District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Country  Hungary
County Csongrád
District seat Kistelek
Area
 • Total 410.20 km2 (158.38 sq mi)
Area rank 6th in Csongrád
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 18,185
 • Rank 7th in Csongrád
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)

Kistelek (Hungarian: Kisteleki járás) is a district in western part of Csongrád County. Kistelek 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

Kistelek District borders with Kiskunfélegyháza District (Bács-Kiskun County) and Csongrád District to the north, Hódmezővásárhely District to the east, Szeged District to the southeast, Mórahalom District to the south, Kiskunmajsa District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kistelek District is 6.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipality is city.

Demographics

Religion in Kistelek District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (61.5%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)
  Calvinism (2.5%)
  Lutheranism (0.3%)
  Orthodoxy (0.2%)
  Other religions (0.8%)
  Non-religious (10.6%)
  Atheists (0.8%)
  Undeclared (23.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 18,185 and the population density was 44/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 18,185 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 500) and Romanian (200).

Total population (2011 census): 18,185
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 16,842 persons:

Approx. 1,500 persons in Kistelek District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ↑ népesség.com, "Kisteleki 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)

Coordinates: 46°28′00″N 19°59′00″E / 46.4667°N 19.9833°E / 46.4667; 19.9833

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