Английская Википедия:Csongrád-Csanád County
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:About Шаблон:Expand Hungarian Шаблон:Infobox settlement Csongrád-Csanád (Шаблон:Lang-hu Шаблон:IPA-hu) is an administrative county (comitatus or vármegye) in southern Hungary, straddling the river Tisza, on the border with Serbia and Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Bács-Kiskun County, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County and Békés. The administrative centre of Csongrád-Csanád county is Szeged. The county is also part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.
History
On October 3, 2017, the Hungarian Parliament passed a resolution to rename Csongrád County to Csongrád-Csanád County, which took effect on June 4, 2020.[1] The resolution was submitted by János Lázár, then-Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, who called the renaming symbolic as more than a dozen settlements in the area still share Csanád County's identity.[2]
Geography
This county has a total area of Шаблон:Convert – 4,58% of Hungary.
The area of Csongrád-Csanád County is flat. It has a high number of sunshine hours and excellent soil, which makes it the most important agricultural area of Hungary. Its most famous products are paprika from Szeged and onions from Makó, but grain, vegetables, and fruits are also significant. Half of the onions, paprika, and vegetables produced in Hungary are from Csongrád-Csanád. The county is also rich in oil and natural gas.
The highest point is Ásotthalom (125 m), the lowest is Gyálarét (78 m; lowest point of Hungary).
Neighbours
- Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in the North.
- Békés County in the East.
- Шаблон:ROU and Шаблон:SRB in the South – Timiș County, Arad County, North Banat District and North Bačka District
- Bács-Kiskun County in the West.
Demographics
Шаблон:Pie chart Шаблон:See also After the end of the Ottoman occupation in 1715, the county was nearly uninhabited, with a population density of less than 5/km2. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the county was repopulated by ethnic Hungarians from the relatively overpopulated northern and western counties of the Kingdom of Hungary.[3] According to the 2001 census, the county is home for 423,826 people (216,936 people live in urban counties) with a population density is 100/km2. It has a Hungarian majority.[4]
In 2015, it had a population of 406,205 and the population density was 95/km².
Year | County population[5] | Change |
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1949 | 429,083 | n/a |
1960 | Шаблон:Increase 434,046 | 1.16% |
1970 | Шаблон:Increase 445,220 | 2.57% |
1980 | Шаблон:Increase 456,300 (record) | 2.49% |
1990 | Шаблон:Decrease 438,842 | -3.83% |
2001 | Шаблон:Decrease 433,344 | -1.25% |
2011 | Шаблон:Decrease 417,456 | -3.67% |
2015 | Шаблон:Decrease 406,205 | -2.76% |
2018 | Шаблон:Decrease 400,238 | -1.49% |
Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 5,000), Romanian (1,500), German (1,300) and Serb (1,300).
Total population (2011 census): 417,456
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[6]
Identified themselves: 367,193 persons:
- Hungarians: 355,554 (96.83%)
- Gypsies: 4,720 (1.29%)
- Others and indefinable: 6,919 (1.88%)
Approximately 59,000 persons in Csongrád-Csanád County did not declare their ethnic group on the 2011 census.
Religion
Шаблон:See also Religious adherence in the county according to the 2011 census:[7]
- Catholic – 165,955 (Roman Catholic – 164,060; Greek Catholic – 1,855);
- Reformed – 29,289;
- Evangelical – 3,488;
- Orthodox – 923;
- Judaism – 263;
- Other religions – 7,278;
- Non-religious – 90,836;
- Atheism – 6,585;
- Undeclared – 112,839.
Regional structure
№ | English and Hungarian names |
Area (km²) |
Population (2011) |
Density (pop./km²) |
Seat | № of municipalities |
1 | Csongrád District Csongrádi járás |
339.24 | 22,996 | 68 | Csongrád (town) | 4 |
2 | Hódmezővásárhely District Hódmezővásárhelyi járás |
707.77 | 56,560 | 80 | Hódmezővásárhely | 4 |
3 | Kistelek District Kisteleki járás |
410.20 | 18,185 | 44 | Kistelek | 6 |
4 | Makó District Makói járás |
688.85 | 45,138 | 66 | Makó | 15 |
5 | Mórahalom District Mórahalmi járás |
561.71 | 28,986 | 52 | Mórahalom | 10 |
6 | Szeged District Szegedi járás |
741.10 | 204,263 | 276 | Szeged | 13 |
7 | Szentes District Szentesi járás |
813.84 | 41,328 | 51 | Szentes | 8 |
Csongrád-Csanád County | 4,262.71 | 417,456 | 98 | Szeged | 60 |
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Transport
Road network
Шаблон:See also In 2012, Csongrád-Csanád County had a dense network of public roads, in total length of 1,350 km, of which 281 km were main roads.[8] Inland, connections were provided by 1,049 km of county and communal roads and 20 km were covered with light road surfaces.
- Highway network
- Файл:M5 (Hu) Otszogletu kek tabla.svg Файл:E75-HUN.svg runs from Budapest to Röszke (Serbian border). ~ 47 km
- Файл:M9 (Hu) Otszogletu kek tabla.svg runs from Szombathely to Szeged. (planned)
- Файл:M43 (Hu) Otszogletu kek tabla.svg Файл:E68-HUN.svg runs from Szeged to Csanádpalota (Romanian border). - 58 km
- Road network
- Файл:5 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg runs from Budapest to Röszke (Serbian border), via Kistelek and Szeged. - 52 km
- Файл:43 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg runs from Szeged to Nagylak (Romanian border), via Makó. - 55 km
- Файл:430 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg runs from Makó to Hódmezővásárhely. - 30 km
- Файл:431 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg runs from Makó to Kiszombor (Romanian border). - 6 km
- Файл:45 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg runs from Kunszentmárton to Hódmezővásárhely, via Szentes. - 43 km
- Файл:47 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg runs from Szeged to Debrecen, via Hódmezővásárhely.
- Файл:55 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg runs from Szeged to Bátaszék, via Mórahalom.
- Файл:451 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg runs from Kiskunfélegyháza to Szentes, via Csongrád.
- Файл:502 (Hu) Otszogletu zold tabla.svg western bypass of Szeged.
Politics
County Assembly
Шаблон:Main The Csongrád-Csanád County Council, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 20 counselors,[9] with the following party composition:
Party | Seats | Current County Assembly | ||||||||||||
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style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | Fidesz-KDNP | 12 | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | |
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | Hungarian Socialist Party | 2 | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | ||||||||||
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | Jobbik | 2 | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | ||||||||||
Our Homeland Movement | 2 | |||||||||||||
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | Democratic Coalition | 1 | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color | | |||||||||||
Momentum Movement | 1 |
Presidents of the County Assembly
President[10] | Terminus |
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István Lehmann (MSZP) | 1990–1998 |
Dr. József Frank (Fidesz) | 1998–2006 |
Anna Magyar (Fidesz-KDNP) | 2006–2014 |
Béla Kakas (Fidesz-KDNP) | 2014– |
Members of the National Assembly
The following members elected of the National Assembly during the 2022 parliamentary election:[11]
Constituency | Member | Party | |
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Csongrád-Csanád County 1st constituency | Sándor Szabó | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | MSZP |
Csongrád-Csanád County 2nd constituency | Béla Mihálffy | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Fidesz–KDNP |
Csongrád-Csanád County 3rd constituency | Sándor Farkas | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Fidesz–KDNP |
Csongrád-Csanád County 4th constituency | János Lázár | style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" | | Fidesz–KDNP |
Municipalities
Csongrád-Csanád County has 2 urban counties, 8 towns, 7 large villages and 43 villages.
As a typical Great Plain county, Csongrád-Csanád has a relatively small number of municipalities. 72.5% of the population lives in cities/towns, so it is one of the most urbanized county in Hungary.[12]
- Cities with county rights
(ordered by population, as of 2011 census)
- Szeged (168,048) – county seat
- Hódmezővásárhely (46,047)
- Towns
- Szentes (28,509)
- Makó (23,683)
- Csongrád (17,242)
- Sándorfalva (7,871)
- Kistelek (7,103)
- Mindszent (6,914)
- Mórahalom (5,804)
- Csanádpalota (2,923)
- Villages
- Algyő Файл:Red pog.svg
- Ambrózfalva
- Apátfalva
- Árpádhalom
- Ásotthalom Файл:Red pog.svg
- Baks
- Balástya
- Bordány
- Csanádalberti
- Csanytelek
- Csengele
- Derekegyház
- Deszk
- Domaszék
- Dóc
- Eperjes
- Fábiánsebestyén
- Felgyő
- Ferencszállás
- Forráskút
- Földeák
- Királyhegyes
- Kiszombor Файл:Red pog.svg
- Klárafalva
- Kövegy
- Kübekháza
- Magyarcsanád
- Maroslele
- Mártély
- Nagyér
- Nagylak
- Nagymágocs Файл:Red pog.svg
- Nagytőke
- Óföldeák
- Ópusztaszer Файл:Red pog.svg
- Öttömös
- Pitvaros
- Pusztamérges
- Pusztaszer
- Röszke
- Ruzsa
- Szatymaz
- Szegvár Файл:Red pog.svg
- Székkutas
- Tiszasziget
- Tömörkény
- Újszentiván
- Üllés
- Zákányszék
- Zsombó
Шаблон:Div col end Файл:Red pog.svg municipalities are large villages.
Gallery
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Szeged, the capital of the county
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County hall in Szentes
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Great Hungarian Plain in Csongrád-Csanád County
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Windmill near Szeged
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Károlyi Mansion in Nagymágocs
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Traditional house in Csongrád
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River Kurca
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Church of Forests in Ópusztaszer
References
Шаблон:Wikivoyage Шаблон:Reflist
External links
Шаблон:Csongrád Шаблон:Districts of Csongrád County Шаблон:Hungarian counties Шаблон:Regions of Hungary Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Changing ethnicities in Hungary (map+data+assay) (Károly Kocsis, Zsolt Bottlik, MTA Földrajztudományi Kutatóintézet, Budapest 2009, Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN)
- ↑ Csongrád county (2001 census), English
- ↑ népesség.com, "Csongrád megye népessége 1870-2015"
- ↑ 1.1.6. A népesség anyanyelv, nemzetiség és nemek szerint – Frissítve: 2013.04.17.; Hungarian Central Statistical Office Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ 2011. ÉVI NÉPSZÁMLÁLÁS, 3. Területi adatok, 3.6 Csongrád megye, Шаблон:In lang [1] Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Önkormányzati választások eredményei Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ List of localities in Csongrád county by area, population and status (2001 census), English