Csongrád County

This article is about the county. For the town see Csongrád. For the historical comitatus see Csongrád County (former).

Csongrád County Csongrád megye
Counties of Hungary
Descending, from top: the Maros river embankment near Makó, Arrival of the Hungarians, and Cathedral of Szeged
Flag Coat of arms
Csongrád County within Hungary
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Great Plain
County seat	Szeged
Government
• President of the General Assembly	Béla Kakas (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
• Total	4,262.71 km2 (1,645.84 sq mi)
Area rank	12th in Hungary
Population (2011 census)
• Total	417,456
• Rank	8th in Hungary
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Postal code	66xx – 69xx
Area code(s)	(+36) 62, 63
ISO 3166 code	HU-CS
Website	www.csongrad-megye.hu

Csongrád (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃonɡraːd]) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the both sides of the river Tisza, on the border with Serbia and Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Bács-Kiskun, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés. The administrative centre of Csongrád county is Szeged. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.

Geography

This county has a total area of 4,263 km² (1,646 sq mi) – 4,58% of Hungary.

The area of Csongrád County is flat. It has a high number of sunshine hours and excellent soil, which makes it the most important agricultural area of Hungary. Its most famous products are paprika from Szeged and onion from Makó, but grain, vegetables and fruits are also significant. Half of the onion, paprika and vegetables produced in Hungary are from Csongrád. The county is also rich in oil and natural gas.

The highest point is Ásotthalom (125 m), the lowest is Gyálarét (78 m; lowest point of Hungary).

Neighbours

• Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in the North.
• Békés County in the East.
•  Romania and  Serbia in the South – Timiș County and North Bačka District
• Bács-Kiskun County in the West.

Demographics

After the Ottoman occupation, in 1715 the county was nearly uninhabited, the population density was less than 5/km². In the 18th and 19th centuries, the county was repopulated by ethnic Hungarians from the relatively overpopulated northern and western counties of the Kingdom of Hungary.^[1] Now, the county is home for 423,826 people (216,936 people live in urban counties) with a population density is 100/km². It has a Hungarian majority.^[2]

In 2015, it had a population of 406,205 and the population density was 95/km².

Year	County population[3]	Change
1949	429,083	n/a
1960	434,046	1.16%
1970	445,220	2.57%
1980	456,300 (record)	2.49%
1990	438,842	-3.83%
2001	433,344	-1.25%
2011	417,456	-3.67%

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 5,000), Romanians (1,500), Germans (1,300) and Serbs (1,300).

Total population (2011 census): 417,456
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[4] Identified themselves: 367 193 persons:

• Hungarians: 355 554 (96,83%)
• Gypsies: 4 720 (1,29%)
• Others and indefinable: 6 919 (1,88%)

Approx. 59,000 persons in Csongrád County did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[5]

• Catholic – 39.8% (Roman Catholic – 39.3%; Greek Catholic – 0.4%);
• Reformed – 7.0%;
• Evangelical – 0.8%;
• Orthodox – 0.2%;
• Judaism – 0.1%;
• Other religions – 1.7%;
• Non-religious – 21.8%;
• Atheism – 1.6%;
• Undeclared – 27.0%.

Regional structure

District of Csongrád County

Politics

The Csongrád County Council, elected at the 2014 local government elections, is made up of 20 counselors, with the following party composition:^[6]

Presidents of the General Assembly

Municipalities

^[7] As a typical Great Plain county, Csongrád has a relatively small number of municipalities. 72.5% of the population lives in cities/towns, so it is one of the most urbanized county in Hungary.

Csongrád County has 2 cities with county rights (megyei jogú város), 8 towns (város), 7 large villages (nagyközség) and 43 villages (falu):

Cities with county rights

• Szeged – county seat; 168,048 (as of 2011)
• Hódmezővásárhely – 46,047 (as of 2011)

Towns

(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)

Villages

municipalities are large villages.

Gallery

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Csongrád County.

• Official site in Hungarian
• Délmagyarország (delmagyar.hu) - The county portal

Csongrád County
County seat: Szeged
Cities and towns	Csanádpalota Csongrád Hódmezővásárhely Kistelek Makó Mindszent Mórahalom Sándorfalva Szentes
Villages	Algyő Ambrózfalva Apátfalva Árpádhalom Ásotthalom Baks Balástya Bordány Csanádalberti Csanytelek Csengele Derekegyház Deszk Domaszék Dóc Eperjes Fábiánsebestyén Felgyő Ferencszállás Forráskút Földeák Királyhegyes Kiszombor Klárafalva Kövegy Kübekháza Magyarcsanád Maroslele Mártély Nagyér Nagylak Nagymágocs Nagytőke Óföldeák Ópusztaszer Öttömös Pitvaros Pusztamérges Pusztaszer Röszke Ruzsa Szatymaz Szegvár Székkutas Tiszasziget Tömörkény Újszentiván Üllés Zákányszék Zsombó
Other topics	History Geography Government Economy Culture Tourism

Counties (megyék) of Hungary
Baranya Bács-Kiskun Békés Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Csongrád Fejér Győr-Moson-Sopron Hajdú-Bihar Heves Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Komárom-Esztergom Nógrád Pest Somogy Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Tolna Vas Veszprém Zala

Coordinates: 46°25′N 20°15′E / 46.417°N 20.250°E / 46.417; 20.250