Kistelek District

Kistelek (Hungarian: Kisteleki járás) is a district in western part of Csongrád County. Kistelek is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Kistelek District Kisteleki járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Kistelek District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Country	Hungary
County	Csongrád
District seat	Kistelek
Area
• Total	410.20 km2 (158.38 sq mi)
• Rank	6th in Csongrád
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	18,185
• Rank	7th in Csongrád
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)

Geography

Kistelek District borders with Kiskunfélegyháza District (Bács-Kiskun County) and Csongrád District to the north, Hódmezővásárhely District to the east, Szeged District to the southeast, Mórahalom District to the south, Kiskunmajsa District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kistelek District is 6.

Municipalities

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

• Baks (1,963)
• Balástya (3,423)
• Csengele (1,967)
• Kistelek (7,020) – district seat
• Ópusztaszer (2,299)
• Pusztaszer (1,480)

The bolded municipality is the city.

Demographics

Religion in Kistelek District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (61.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Calvinism (2.5%)

  Lutheranism (0.3%)

  Orthodoxy (0.2%)

  Other religions (0.8%)

  Non-religious (10.6%)

  Atheists (0.8%)

  Undeclared (23.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 18,185 and the population density was 44/km².

Year	County population	Change
2011	18,185	n/a

Ethnicity

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

Total population (2011 census): 18,185
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 16,842 persons:

• Hungarians: 15,933 (94.60%)
• Gypsies: 475 (2.82%)
• Romanians: 219 (1.30%)
• Others and indefinable: 215 (1.28%)

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

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:

• Catholic – 11,215 (Roman Catholic – 11,185; Greek Catholic – 30);
• Reformed – 464;
• Evangelical – 52;
• Orthodox – 31;
• other religions – 153;
• Non-religious – 1,928;
• Atheism – 142;
• Undeclared – 4,200.

Gallery

• 
  Kistelek, the district seat
• 
  Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park
• 
  Rural school in Árpádhalom (Pusztaszer)
• 
  Pallavicini Mansion in Ópusztaszer

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

External links

• Postal codes of the Kistelek District