Csenger District

Csenger (Hungarian: Csengeri járás) is a district in eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Csenger 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 Szatmár historical and geographical region.

Csenger District Csengeri járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Csenger District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seat	Csenger
Area
• Total	246.51 km2 (95.18 sq mi)
• Rank	11th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	13,485
• Rank	13th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)

Geography

Csenger District borders with Fehérgyarmat District to the north, the Romanian county of Satu Mare to the east and south, and with Mátészalka District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Csenger District is 11.

Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 8 villages (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013):^[1]

• Csenger (4,924) – district seat
• Csengersima (779)
• Csengerújfalu (819)
• Komlódtótfalu (122)
• Pátyod (675)
• Porcsalma (2,682)
• Szamosangyalos (477)
• Szamosbecs (374)
• Szamostatárfalva (308)
• Tyukod (2,041)
• Ura (638)

The bolded municipality is a city, municipalities in italics are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Csenger District (2011 census)

1. Calvinism (61.1%)
2. Greek Catholicism (13.2%)
3. Catholic Church (8.10%)
4. Orthodoxy (0.40%)
5. Other religions (1.40%)
6. Non-religious (3.20%)
7. Atheists (0.10%)
8. Undeclared (12.5%)

In 2011, it had a population of 13,485 and the population density was 55/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	13,485	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,500) and Romanians (200).

Total population (2011 census): 13,485
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 14,221 persons:

• Hungarians: 12,262 (86.22%)
• Gypsies: 1,704 (11.98%)
• Romanians: 178 (1.25%)
• Others and indefinable: 77 (0.54%)

Approx. 1,000 persons in Csenger District did declare more than one ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Reformed – 8,244;
• Catholic – 2,872 (Greek Catholic – 1,783; Roman Catholic – 1,089);
• Orthodox – 55;
• other religions – 181;
• Non-religious – 434;
• Atheism – 11;
• Undeclared – 1,688.

Gallery

• 
  Csenger, the district seat
• 
  Aerial view of Csengersima
• 
  Aerial view of Szamostatárfalva
• 
  Reformed Church in Porcsalma

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary