Kunszentmárton District

Kunszentmárton District
Kunszentmártoni járás

Coat of arms

Kunszentmárton District within Hungary and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.

District seat

Area

• Total

576.49 km² (222.58 sq mi)

Area rank

Population (2011 census)

• Total

36,147

• Rank

• Density

63/km² (160/sq mi)

Kunszentmárton (Hungarian: Kunszentmártoni járás) is a district in southern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Kunszentmárton 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.

Kunszentmárton District borders with Szolnok District and Mezőtúr District to the north, Szarvas District (Békés County) to the east, Szentes District and Csongrád District (Csongrád County) to the south, Cegléd District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kunszentmárton District is 11.

The district has 2 towns, 2 large villages and 7 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Religion in Kunszentmárton District (2011 census)

In 2011, it had a population of 36,147 and the population density was 63/km².

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,000) and German (150).

Total population (2011 census): 36,147
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 31,213 persons:

Approx. 5,000 persons in Kunszentmárton District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.