Karcag District

Karcag (Hungarian: Karcagi járás) is a district in eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary. Karcag 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 Nagykunság historical and geographical region.

Karcag District Karcagi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Karcag District within Hungary and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District seat	Karcag
Area
• Total	857.26 km2 (330.99 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	43,226
• Rank	3rd in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Density	50/km2 (100/sq mi)

Geography

Karcag District borders with Püspökladány District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Szeghalom District and Gyomaendrőd District (Békés County) to the southeast, Mezőtúr District to the south, Törökszentmiklós District and Kunhegyes District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Karcag District is 5.

History

The Karcag District is one of the newly created districts in 2013 and did not exist before the closure of the districts in 1983. Karcag had never been a district seat before, but as a city it had never belonged to any district, and since its creation in 1994 it has been a Karcag Subregion seat.

Municipalities

The district has 3 towns, 1 large village and 1 village. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Berekfürdő (1,010)
• Karcag (19,980) – district seat
• Kenderes (4,647)
• Kisújszállás (11,367)
• Kunmadaras (5,295)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Karcag District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (23.1%)

  Lutheranism (0.1%)

  Catholic Church (13.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Other religions (1.3%)

  Non-religious (37.4%)

  Atheists (1.2%)

  Undeclared (23.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 43,226 and the population density was 50/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	43,226	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,500) and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 43,226
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 41,613 persons:

• Hungarians: 37,755 (90.73%)
• Gypsies: 3,421 (8.22%)
• Others and indefinable: 437 (1.05%)

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

Religion

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

• Reformed – 9,969;
• Catholic – 5,894 (Roman Catholic – 5,816; Greek Catholic – 78);
• Evangelical – 48;
• other religions – 563;
• Non-religious – 16,198;
• Atheism – 535;
• Undeclared – 10,019.

Transport

Road network

• Main road (W→E): Budapest... – Karcag District (3 municipalities: Kenderes, Kisújszállás, Karcag) – ...Záhony
• Main road (N→S): Tiszafüred... – Karcag District (1 municipality: Kunmadaras) – ...Fegyvernek

Railway network

• Line 100 (W→E): Budapest... – Karcag District (3 municipalities: Kenderes, Kisújszállás, Karcag) – ...Záhony
• Line 103 (S→N): Karcag District (3 municipalities: Karcag, Berekfürdő, Kunmadaras) – ...Tiszafüred (108)

Gallery

• 
  Karcag, Town Hall
• 
  Horthy Mansion in Kenderes
• 
  Zádor Bridge near Karcag
• 
  Reformed Church in Kisújszállás

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

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

External links

• Karcag District - HunMix.hu
• Postal codes of the Karcag District

47.3000°N 20.8500°E / 47.3000; 20.8500