Mezőkovácsháza () is a district in southern part of

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

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Mezőkovácsháza Mezőkovácsháza is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 6945 people (2002). Notable residents * György Simonka (1974-), politician * Józse ...

'' 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

Mezőkovácsháza District borders with Békéscsaba District to the north,

Gyula District Gyula (; ) is a district in eastern part of Békés County. '' Gyula'' 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 Gyula District borders with ...

to the northeast, the

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n county of Arad to the east and south,

Makó District Makó () is a district in south-eastern part of Csongrád County. ''Makó'' 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 Statistical Region. Geography ...

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Csongrád County Csongrád (; , archaically also ''Црноград/Crnograd,'' ) is a town in Csongrád County in southern Hungary. History At the time of the Hungarian Conquest (the end of 9th century) the Maros Valley was under Bulgarian control. The fortre ...

)'' and Orosháza District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőkovácsháza District is 18.

Municipalities

The district has 4

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, 2 large villages and 12 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 40,550 and the

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was 46/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian and Roma (approx. 1,000), German (500), Slovak (400) and Serb (350). Total population (2011 census): 40,550
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 38,098 persons: *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...

: 34,751 (91.21%) *

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

: 1,021 (2.68%) *

Gypsies {{Infobox ethnic group , group = Romani people , image = , image_caption = , flag = Roma flag.svg , flag_caption = Romani flag created in 1933 and accepted at the 1971 World Romani Congress , ...

: 911 (2.39%) *

Germans Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, imple ...

: 488 (1.28%) *

Slovaks The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...

: 402 (1.06%) *Others and indefinable: 525 (1.38%) Approx. 2,500 persons in Mezőkovácsháza 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 – 15,730 ( Roman Catholicism in Hungary, Roman Catholic – 15,633;

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– 94); *

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– 2,272; *

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

– 1,280; *

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...

– 630; *other religions – 487; *

Non-religious Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices. It encompasses a wide range of viewpoints drawn from various philosophical and intellectual perspectives, including atheism, agnosticism, religious skepticism, ration ...

– 10,704; *

Atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the Existence of God, existence of Deity, deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the ...

– 350; *''Undeclared'' – 9,097.

Gallery

File:Church Mezőkovácsháza.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:Mezőkovácsháza légifotó.jpg, Aerial view of Mezőkovácsháza File:Battonya, római katolikus templom 2021 01.jpg, Holy Trinity Church in

Battonya Battonya (; ) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Residents are Hungarians, with minority of Serbs and Romanians. Geography It covers an area of 145.77 km2 and has a population of 4966 peopl ...

References

External links

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