Csongrád County

This article is about the county. For the town see Csongrád. For the historical comitatus see Csongrád County (former).

Csongrád County
Lake Téglagyári
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Great Plain
County seat	Szeged
Area
• Total	4,262.71 km2 (1,645.84 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	417,456
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Website	www.csongrad-megye.hu

Csongrád (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʃoŋgraːd]) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the both sides of the river Tisza, on the border with Serbia and Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Bács-Kiskun, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés. The administrative centre of Csongrád county is Szeged. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.

Geography

The area of Csongrád 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 onion from Makó, but grain, vegetables and fruits are also significant. Half of the onion, paprika and vegetables produced in Hungary are from Csongrád. 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).

History

Population

After the Ottoman occupation, in 1715 the county was nearly uninhabited, the population density was less than 5/km². In the 18th and 19th centuries, itthe county was repopulated by ethnic Hungarians from the relatively overpopulated northern and western counties of the Kingdom of Hungary.^[1] Now, 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.^[2]

Regional structure

Aerial photography: Szeged

^[3] As a typical Great Plain county, Csongrád has a relatively small number of municipalities. 72.5% of the population lives in cities/towns, so it's one of the most urbanized county in Hungary.

Urban counties (cities)

• Szeged (county seat)
• Hódmezővásárhely

Towns

• Szentes
• Makó
• Csongrád
• Sándorfalva
• Kistelek
• Mindszent
• Mórahalom
• Csanádpalota

Villages

References

v t e Csongrád County County seat: Szeged Cities and towns Csanádpalota Csongrád Hódmezővásárhely Kistelek Makó Mindszent Mórahalom Sándorfalva Szentes Villages Algyő Ambrózfalva Apátfalva Árpádhalom Ásotthalom Baks Balástya Bordány Csanádalberti Csanytelek Csengele Derekegyház Deszk Domaszék Dóc Eperjes Fábiánsebestyén Felgyő Ferencszállás Forráskút Földeák Királyhegyes Kiszombor Klárafalva Kövegy Kübekháza Magyarcsanád Maroslele Mártély Nagyér Nagylak Nagymágocs Nagytőke Óföldeák Ópusztaszer Öttömös Pitvaros Pusztamérges Pusztaszer Röszke Ruzsa Szatymaz Szegvár Székkutas Tiszasziget Tömörkény Újszentiván Üllés Zákányszék Zsombó Other topics History Geography Government Economy Culture Tourism

v t e Counties of Hungary Counties Bács-Kiskun Baranya Békés Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Csongrád Fejér Győr-Moson-Sopron Hajdú-Bihar Heves Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Komárom-Esztergom Nógrád Pest Somogy Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Tolna Vas Veszprém Zala Urban counties Békéscsaba Budapest (capital) Debrecen Dunaújváros Eger Érd Győr Hódmezővásárhely Kaposvár Kecskemét Miskolc Nagykanizsa Nyíregyháza Pécs Salgótarján Sopron Szeged Székesfehérvár Szekszárd Szolnok Szombathely Tatabánya Veszprém Zalaegerszeg

Coordinates: 46°25′N 20°15′E / 46.417°N 20.250°E / 46.417; 20.250

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