Békés ( hu, Békési járás) is a district in central-northern part of

Békés County Békés (, , ro, Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or ''megye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The ...

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Békés Békés (; ro, Bichiş; sk, Békéš) is a town in Békés County, Hungary. It lies about north of Békéscsaba and east of Budapest. History The area of the present town has been inhabited since ancient times, due to its good soil and pr ...

'' 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 Szeghalom ( hu, Szeghalmi járás) is a district in northern part of Békés County. ''Szeghalom'' 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 ...

to the north,

Sarkad District Sarkad ( hu, Sarkadi járás; ro, Districtul Șercad) is a district in north-eastern part of Békés County. Sarkad, Hungary, Sarkad is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain ...

to the east,

Békéscsaba District Békéscsaba ( hu, 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, Southern Great ...

to the south,

Szarvas District Szarvas ( hu, Szarvasi járás; sk, Sarvašský okres) is a district in western part of Békés County. '' Szarvas'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Re ...

and

Gyomaendrőd District Gyomaendrőd ( hu, Gyomaendrődi járás) is a district in north-western part of Békés County. ''Gyomaendrőd'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Békés District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 2

towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 37,409 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

was 71/km².

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): Identified themselves: 36,283 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...

: 32,978 (90.89%) *

Gypsies The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

: 2,102 (5.78%) *

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

: 461 (1.27%) *

Slovaks The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...

: 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:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 9,393; *Catholic – 3,367 (

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

– 3,321;

Greek Catholic The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Ca ...

– 46); *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

– 1,638; *other religions – 1,270; *

Non-religious Irreligion or nonreligion is the absence or rejection of religion, or indifference to it. Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and anti ...

– 13,812; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

– 326; *''Undeclared'' – 7,603.

Gallery

File:Békés-Temple.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:The river Körös near the Hungarian town Mezőberény.jpg, Kettős-Körös river near

Mezőberény Mezőberény (; german: Maisbrünn; sk, Poľný Berinčok) is a town in Békés county, Hungary. Location Mezőberény is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, 200 km southeast from Budapest. Highway 46, 47 and Budapest- Szolnok- Bék� ...

File:Mezőberény légifotó1.jpg, Aerial view of Mezőberény File:Bélmegyer - Palace.jpg, Wenckheim Mansion in Bélmegyer

References

External links

Postal codes of the Békés District
Districts in Békés County {{Bekes-geo-stub