Békéscsaba District

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.

Békéscsaba District

Békéscsabai járás
Districts of Hungary
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Békéscsaba District within Hungary and Békés County.
Country Hungary
CountyBékés
District seatBékéscsaba
Area
 • Total636.16 km2 (245.62 sq mi)
Area rank5th in Békés
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total83,541
 • Rank1st in Békés
 • Density131/km2 (340/sq mi)

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]

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:

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]

See also

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)
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)



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