Mórahalom District

Mórahalom (Mórahalmi járás) is a district in south-western part of Csongrád County. Mórahalom 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
Mórahalom District borders with Kiskunmajsa District (Bács-Kiskun County) and Kistelek District to the north, Szeged District to the east, the Serbian district of North Bačka to the south, Kiskunhalas District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mórahalom District is 10.

Municipalities
The district has 1 town and 9 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Ásotthalom (3,986)

• Bordány (3,262)

• Forráskút (2,366)

• Mórahalom (6,067) – district seat

• Öttömös (698)

• Pusztamérges (1,227)

• Ruzsa (2,522)

• Üllés (3,142)

• Zákányszék (2,743)

• Zsombó (3,552) The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 28,986 and the population density was 52/km2.

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian (approx. 200), German (150) and Serb (100).

Total population (2011 census): 28,986 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 26,831 persons: Approx. 2,000 persons in Mórahalom District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 26,127 (97.38%)
 * Others and indefinable: 704 (2.62%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 18,988 (Roman Catholic – 18,942; Greek Catholic – 44);
 * Reformed – 666;
 * Evangelical – 75;
 * Orthodox – 42;
 * other religions – 425;
 * Non-religious – 2,762;
 * Atheism – 228;
 * Undeclared – 5,800.