Szentes District
# Szentes District

Szentes (Hungarian: Szentesi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Csongrád County. Szentes 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

Szentes District borders with Kunszentmárton District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) and Szarvas District (Békés County) to the north, Orosháza District (Békés County) to the east, Hódmezővásárhely District to the south, Csongrád District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szentes District is 8.

## Municipalities

The district has 1 town, 2 large villages and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

* Árpádhalom (488)
* Derekegyház (1,595)
* Eperjes (495)
* Fábiánsebestyén (2,020)
* Nagymágocs (3,087)
* Nagytőke (457)
* Szegvár (4,440)
* Szentes (28,476) – district seat

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

## Demographics

Religion in Szentes District (2011 census)

In 2011, it had a population of 41,328 and the population density was 51/km².

| Year | County population | Change |
| - | - | - |
| 2011 | 41,328 | n/a |

### Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 600) and German (150).

Total population (2011 census): 41,328 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 36,753 persons:

* Hungarians: 35,631 (96.95%)
* Gypsies: 569 (1.55%)
* Others and indefinable: 553 (1.50%)

Approx. 4,500 persons in Szentes District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

### Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

* Catholic – 11,572 (Roman Catholic – 11,493; Greek Catholic – 73);
* Reformed – 4,964;
* Evangelical – 413;
* Orthodox – 41;
* other religions – 293;
* Non-religious – 12,244;
* Atheism – 614;
* Undeclared – 11,187.

## Gallery

* Szentes, the district seat
* Károlyi Castle in Nagymágocs
* Church ruins of Ecser (Szentes)
* Károlyi Mansion in Derekegyház
