Szarvas ( hu, Szarvasi járás; sk, Sarvašský okres) is a district in western part of
Békés County. ''
Szarvas
Szarvas (; sk, Sarvaš; german: Sarwasch) is a town in Békés County, Hungary.
Name
Placename Szarvas originated from the old Hungarian word ''szarvas'', which means deer. Deer also can be found in the coat of arms of the town.
Locati ...
'' 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 ''(
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the north,
Gyomaendrőd District to the northeast,
Békés District to the east,
Békéscsaba District to the southeast,
Orosháza District and
Szentes District
Szentes ( hu, Szentesi járás) is a district in north-eastern part of Csongrád County. ''Szentes'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Geograph ...
''(
Csongrád County)'' to the south,
Kunszentmárton District ''(Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County)'' to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szarvas District is 6.
Municipalities
The district has 2
towns, 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 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: 24,801 (86.75%)
*
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 ...
: 2,820 (9.86%)
*
Gypsies: 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, ]
'
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Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary, Evangelical – 7,523;
*Catholic – 5,510 (
Roman Catholic – 5,463;
Greek Catholic – 47);
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Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
– 1,191;
*other religions – 338;
*
Non-religious – 6,860;
*
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 ...
– 278;
*''Undeclared'' – 7,079.
Gallery
File:Szarvas, a Holt-Körös a hídról észak felé nézve.jpg, Szarvas
Szarvas (; sk, Sarvaš; german: Sarwasch) is a town in Békés County, Hungary.
Name
Placename Szarvas originated from the old Hungarian word ''szarvas'', which means deer. Deer also can be found in the coat of arms of the town.
Locati ...
, 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 ...
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
See also
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List of cities and towns of Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations ...
References
External links
Postal codes of the Szarvas District
Districts in Békés County
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