Gyomaendrőd ( hu, Gyomaendrődi járás) is a district in north-western 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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Gyomaendrőd Gyomaendrőd is a town in Békés county, Hungary. The city covers an area of 303.98 km2 with 15,095 residents. The approach to the town is excellent both by road and railway, as the city is crossed by highway number 46 and the Budapest-Szolnok-B� ...

'' 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

Gyomaendrőd District borders with

Karcag District Karcag ( hu, Karcagi járás) is a district in eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary. ''Karcag'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. ...

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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok ( hu, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye, ) is the name of an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye'') in Hungary. It lies in central Hungary and shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zempl ...

)'' to the north, Szeghalom District and

Békés District Békés ( hu, 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, Southern Great Plain Statistic ...

to the east, Szarvas District to the southwest,

Mezőtúr District Mezőtúr ( hu, Mezőtúri járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. '' Mezőtúr'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical ...

''(Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyomaendrőd District is 5.

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

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 23,943 and the

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), 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 ...

was 35/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 700) and German (200). Total population (2011 census): 23,943
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 21,242 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 ...

: 20,172 (94.96%) *

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 ...

: 688 (3.24%) *Others and indefinable: 382 (1.80%) Approx. 2,500 persons in Gyomaendrőd 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,

' *Catholic – 4,823 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 4,806;

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 ...

– 16); * Reformed – 3,910; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...

– 233; *other religions – 221; *

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 ant ...

– 8,315; * Atheism – 224; *''Undeclared'' – 6,217.

Gallery

File:Gyoma járási hivatal.JPG,

, Town Hall File:A 127-es vasútvonal Dévaványán.JPG, Landscape in Dévaványa File:Gyoma-Kor-477.JPG,

Körös The Körös () or Criș () ( German: ''Kreisch'') is a river in eastern Hungary and western Romania. Its length is from the confluence of its two source rivers Fehér-Körös ('' Crișul Alb'') and Fekete-Körös ('' Crișul Negru'') to its out ...

river near Gyoma File:Gyomaendrőd5.jpg, St. Emeric Church in Endrőd

References

External links

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