Szarvas ( hu, Szarvasi járás; sk, Sarvašský okres) is a district in 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 ...

. '' Szarvas'' 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

Szarvas District borders with

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 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, Gyomaendrőd District to the northeast,

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,

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 ...

to the southeast,

Orosháza District Orosháza ( hu, 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 ...

and Szentes District ''(

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) th ...

)'' to the south,

Kunszentmárton District Kunszentmárton ( hu, Kunszentmártoni járás) is a district in southern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. '' Kunszentmárton'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain ...

''(Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szarvas District is 6.

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 ...

, 2 large villages and 2 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 28,779 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 59/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 3,000), Roma (500), German and Romanian (100). Total population (2011 census): 28,779
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 28,588 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 ...

: 24,801 (86.75%) * Slovaks: 2,820 (9.86%) *

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 ...

: 514 (1.80%) *Others and indefinable: 453 (1.58%) Approx. 200 persons in Szarvas 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,

' * Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary, Evangelical – 7,523; *Catholic – 5,510 (

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 let ...

– 5,463;

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 ...

– 47); * Reformed – 1,191; *other religions – 338; *

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 ...

– 6,860; * Atheism – 278; *''Undeclared'' – 7,079.

Gallery

File:Szarvas, a Holt-Körös a hídról észak felé nézve.jpg, Szarvas, the ''district seat'' File:Kondoros in winter 2009 (2).JPG, View of

Kondoros Kondoros ( sk, Kondoroš) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Jews lived in Kondorosh at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, the local Jewish community was subo ...

File:Batthyány-Geist-vadászkastély parkja (16258. számú műemlék).jpg, Batthyány-Geist hunting lodge near Kondoros File:Szarvas, Tessedik Sámuel Főiskola Rektori Hivatal.jpg, Tessedik Sámuel Collage in Szarvas

References

External links

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