Hódmezővásárhely District

Hódmezővásárhely (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.

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) • Hódmezővásárhely (46,522) – district seat

• Mártély (1,359)

• Mindszent (6,685)

• Székkutas (2,336) The bolded municipalities are cities.

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

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): Identified themselves: 50,015 persons: Approx. 6,500 persons in Hódmezővásárhely District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 48,444 (96.86%)
 * Gypsies: 571 (1.41%)
 * Others and indefinable: 1,000 (2.00%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * 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.