Orosháza District

Orosháza District

*Orosházi járás*
Orosháza District Orosházi járás
Districts of Hungary
	Coat of arms
	Orosháza District within Hungary and Békés County.
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District seat	Orosháza
Area
• Total	717.18 km2 (276.90 sq mi)
Area rank	2nd in Békés
Population (2011 census)
• Total	51,482
• Rank	2nd in Békés
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)

Orosháza (Hungarian: Orosházi járás) is a district in south-western part of Békés County. Orosháza 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[]

Orosháza District is bordered by Szarvas District to the north, Békéscsaba District and Mezőkovácsháza District to the east, Makó District (Csongrád County) to the south, Hódmezővásárhely District and Szentes District (Csongrád County) to the west. There are eight inhabited places in Orosháza District.

Municipalities[]

The district has two towns, two large villages and four villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

Békéssámson (2,318)
Csanádapáca (2,617)
Gádoros (3,555)
Kardoskút (885)
Nagyszénás (5,070)
Orosháza (28,910) – district seat
Pusztaföldvár (1,700)
Tótkomlós (5,780)

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

Demographics[]

Religion in Orosháza District (2011 census)

Catholic Church (20.3%)

Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

Lutheranism (13.5%)

Calvinism (4.5%)

Other religions (1.8%)

Non-religious (31.1%)

Atheists (1.3%)

Undeclared (27.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 51,482 and the population density of 72 per square kilometre (190/sq mi).

Year	County population^[2]	Change
2011	51,482	n/a

Ethnicity[]

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 1,500), Roma (650), German (250) and Romanian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 51,482
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 45,712 persons:

Hungarians: 42,825 (93.68%)
Slovaks: 1,460 (3.19%)
Gypsies: 645 (1.41%)
Others and indefinable: 782 (1.71%)

Approx. 6,000 persons in Orosháza District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion[]

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

Catholic – 10,548 (Roman Catholic – 10,469; Greek Catholic – 77)
Evangelical – 6,958
Reformed – 2,329
other religions – 920
Non-religious – 16,045
Atheism – 654
Undeclared – 14,028

Gallery[]

Orosháza, the biggest Hungarian village
Aerial view of Tótkomlós
Landscape near Nagyszénás
Downtown Orosháza
Spa in Gyopárosfürdő (Orosháza)
Turkish bridge near Békéssámson

References[]

^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
^ "Orosházi járás népessége", Népesség
^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011 (in Hungarian)
^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011 (in Hungarian)

External links[]

Postal codes of the Orosháza District

Coordinates: 46°34′04″N 20°39′04″E / 46.567662679036026°N 20.651054622913687°E

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[1] A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve

[2] "Orosházi járás népessége", Népesség

[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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show v t Towns and villages of Orosháza District
Towns (2)	Orosháza (district seat) Tótkomlós
Large villages (2)	Gádoros Nagyszénás
Villages (4)	Békéssámson Csanádapáca Kardoskút Pusztaföldvár

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