Orosháza ( hu, Orosházi járás) is a district in south-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 ...

Orosháza Orosháza is a city situated in the westernmost part of Békés county, Hungary, on the Békés ridge bordered by the rivers Maros and Körös. Orosháza is an important cultural, educational and recreational centre of the region. Main sigh ...

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 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 Statistical Reg ...

and

Mezőkovácsháza District Mezőkovácsháza ( hu, Mezőkovácsházai járás) is a district in southern part of Békés County. ''Mezőkovácsháza'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain, Southern ...

to the east,

Makó District Makó ( hu, Makói járás) 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 Statistical Region. Geography Ma ...

(

Csongrád County Csongrád ( ro, Ciongrad; tr, Conğrad sr, Чонград, Čongrad, 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 ...

) to the south,

Hódmezővásárhely District Hódmezővásárhely ( hu, Hódmezővásárhelyi járás) is a district in eastern part of Csongrád County. '' Hódmezővásárhely'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Pl ...

and Szentes District (Csongrád County) to the west. There are eight inhabited places in Orosháza District.

Municipalities

The district has two

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 ...

, two large villages and four 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 51,482 and the

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of .

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): Identified themselves: 45,712 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 ...

: 42,825 (93.68%) *

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 ...

: 1,460 (3.19%) *

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 ...

: 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:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011
*Catholic – 10,548 (

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 ...

– 10,469;

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 ...

– 77) *

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 ...

– 6,958 * Reformed – 2,329 *other religions – 920 *

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 ...

– 16,045 *

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 ...

– 654 *Undeclared – 14,028

Gallery

File:Orosháza, Szent István-mellszobor 2021 01.jpg,

, the biggest Hungarian village File:Tótkomlós - view from the church tower.jpg, Aerial view of

Tótkomlós Tótkomlós ( sk, Slovenský Komlóš) is a town in Békés County, Hungary. Name ''Komlós'' means "(place) with hops" in Hungarian, while prefix ''Tót'' is the word for Slovaks in old Hungarian. Hops also can be found in the coat of arms of ...

File:Lápos - panoramio.jpg, Landscape near

Nagyszénás Nagyszénás is a large village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Main sights * "Park" Bath of Nagyszénás * Kiss György Observatory * the Evangelist Church * the Our Lady Catholic Church Geography I ...

File:Orosháza, Győri Vilmos tér és Kossuth Lajos utca sarok.jpg, Downtown Orosháza File:Gyopárosfürdő légi fotó.jpg, Spa in Gyopárosfürdő (Orosháza) File:Török-híd Békéssámson.jpg, Turkish bridge near Békéssámson

References

External links

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