Békés District

Békés District Békési járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46.77°N 21.13°E / 46.77; 21.13
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District seat	Békés (town)
Area
• Total	525.24 km^2 (202.80 sq mi)
• Rank	7th in Békés
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	37,409
• Rank	5th in Békés
• Density	71/km^2 (180/sq mi)

Békés (Hungarian: Békési járás) is a district in central-northern part of Békés County. Békés 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

Békés District borders with Szeghalom District to the north, Sarkad District to the east, Békéscsaba District to the south, Szarvas District and Gyomaendrőd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Békés District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 2 towns and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

• Békés (19,763) – district seat
• Bélmegyer (981)
• Kamut (991)
• Köröstarcsa (2,477)
• Mezőberény (10,896)
• Murony (1,228)
• Tarhos (915)

The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

Religion in Békés District (2011 census)

  Calvinism (25.1%)

  Lutheranism (4.4%)

  Catholic Church (8.9%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.1%)

  Other religions (3.4%)

  Non-religious (36.9%)

  Atheists (0.9%)

  Undeclared (20.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 37,409 and the population density was 71/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	37,409	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), German and Slovak (450), Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 37,409
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 36,283 persons:

• Hungarians: 32,978 (90.89%)
• Gypsies: 2,102 (5.78%)
• Germans: 461 (1.27%)
• Slovaks: 448 (1.23%)
• Others and indefinable: 294 (0.81%)

Approx. 1,000 persons in Békés District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

• Reformed – 9,393;
• Catholic – 3,367 (Roman Catholic – 3,321; Greek Catholic – 46);
• Evangelical – 1,638;
• other religions – 1,270;
• Non-religious – 13,812;
• Atheism – 326;
• Undeclared – 7,603.

Gallery

• 
  Békés, the district seat
• 
  Kettős-Körös river near Mezőberény
• 
  Aerial view of Mezőberény
• 
  Wenckheim Mansion in Bélmegyer

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Békési járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]

External links

• Postal codes of the Békés District