Makó District

Makó (Hungarian: Makói járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Csongrád County. Makó is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Makó District Makói járás
Districts of Hungary
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Makó District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Country	Hungary
County	Csongrád
District seat	Makó
Area
• Total	688.85 km2 (265.97 sq mi)
• Rank	4th in Csongrád
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	45,138
• Rank	3rd in Csongrád
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)

Geography

Makó District borders with Hódmezővásárhely District and Orosháza District (Békés County) to the north, the Romanian counties of Arad to the east and Timiș to the south, Szeged District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Makó District is 15.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 12 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Ambrózfalva (486)
• Apátfalva (2,941)
• Csanádalberti (434)
• Csanádpalota (2,968)
• Földeák (3,025)
• Királyhegyes (662)
• Kiszombor (3,772)
• Kövegy (377)
• Magyarcsanád (1,458)
• Makó (23,573) – district seat
• Maroslele (2,047)
• Nagyér (480)
• Nagylak (466)
• Óföldeák (451)
• Pitvaros (1,341)

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

Demographics

Religion in Makó District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (36.6%)

  Greek Catholicism (1.8%)

  Calvinism (11.5%)

  Lutheranism (0.9%)

  Orthodoxy (0.7%)

  Other religions (1.5%)

  Non-religious (25.9%)

  Atheists (1.0%)

  Undeclared (20.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 45,138 and the population density was 66/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	45,138	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,200), Romanian (650), Slovak (200), German (150) and Serb (100).

Total population (2011 census): 45,138
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 43,043 persons:

• Hungarians: 40,574 (94.26%)
• Gypsies: 1,101 (2.56%)
• Romanians: 662 (1.54%)
• Others and indefinable: 706 (1.64%)

Approx. 2,000 persons in Makó District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 17,365 (Roman Catholic – 16,535; Greek Catholic – 827);
• Reformed – 5,187;
• Evangelical – 411;
• Orthodox – 292;
• other religions – 675;
• Non-religious – 11,672;
• Atheism – 464;
• Undeclared – 9,072.

Gallery

• 
  Makó, the Capital of onion
• 
  Rónay Castle in Kiszombor
• 
  Aerial view of Magyarcsanád
• 
  Roman Catholic Church in Óföldeák

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

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

• Postal codes of the Makó District

46.2167°N 20.9833°E / 46.2167; 20.9833