Békéscsaba District

Békéscsaba District Békéscsabai járás
Districts of Hungary
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Békéscsaba District within Hungary and Békés County.
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District seat	Békéscsaba
Area
• Total	636.16 km^2 (245.62 sq mi)
• Rank	5th in Békés
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	83,541
• Rank	1st in Békés
• Density	131/km^2 (340/sq mi)

Békéscsaba (Hungarian: Békéscsabai járás) is a district in central-southern part of Békés County. Békéscsaba 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

Békéscsaba District borders with Békés District to the north, Sarkad District and Gyula District to the east, Mezőkovácsháza District to the south, Orosháza District and Szarvas District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Békéscsaba District is 9.

Municipalities

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

• Békéscsaba (63,752) – district and county seat
• Csabaszabadi (335)
• Csorvás (4,981)
• Doboz (4,167)
• Gerendás (1,311)
• Kétsoprony (1,428)
• Szabadkígyós (2,696)
• Telekgerendás (1,549)
• Újkígyós (5,235)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Békéscsaba District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (21.1%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Lutheranism (11.3%)

  Calvinism (7.2%)

  Orthodoxy (0.2%)

  Other religions (1.7%)

  Non-religious (31.6%)

  Atheists (1.5%)

  Undeclared (25.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 83,541 and the population density was 131/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	83,541	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 3,500), Roma (900), Romanian (500) and German (450).

Total population (2011 census): 83,541
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 78,408 persons:

• Hungarians: 72,018 (91.85%)
• Slovaks: 3,504 (4.47%)
• Gypsies: 916 (1.17%)
• Others and indefinable: 1,970 (2.51%)

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

Religion

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

• Catholic – 17,821 (Roman Catholic – 17,627; Greek Catholic – 184);
• Evangelical – 9,444;
• Reformed – 6,031;
• Orthodox – 149;
• other religions – 1,404;
• Non-religious – 26,364;
• Atheism – 1,289;
• Undeclared – 21,039.

Gallery

• 
  Békéscsaba, the district seat
• 
  Bridge over Kettős-Körös near Doboz
• 
  Winter landscape near Csorvás
• 
  Wenckheim Mansion in Szabadkígyós
• 
  Downtown of Békéscsaba
• 
  Town Hall in Békéscsaba
• 
  Élővíz Canal in Békéscsaba
• 
  Jókai Theater (Békéscsaba)

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Békéscsabai 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 Békéscsaba District

46.6500°N 21.0167°E / 46.6500; 21.0167