Békés () is a district in central-northern 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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Békés Békés (; ; ) is a town in Békés County, Hungary. It lies about north of Békéscsaba and east of Budapest. History The area of the present town has been inhabited since ancient times, due to its good soil and proximity to rivers. After ...

'' 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

Békés District borders with Szeghalom District to the north, Sarkad District to the east, Békéscsaba District to the south,

Szarvas District Szarvas (; ) is a district in western part of Békés County. ''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 ...

and

Gyomaendrőd District Gyomaendrőd () is a district in north-western part of Békés County. '' Gyomaendrőd'' 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 Gyomaendr� ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Békés District is 7.

Municipalities

The district has 2

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and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 37,409 and the

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was 71/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), German and Slovak (450), Romanian (100). Total population (2011 census): 37,409
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 36,283 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 ...

: 32,978 (90.89%) *

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 , ...

: 2,102 (5.78%) *

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 ...

: 461 (1.27%) *

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 ...

: 448 (1.23%) *Others and indefinable: 294 (0.81%) Approx. 1,000 persons in Békés 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,

' * Reformed Church in Hungary, Reformed – 9,393; *Catholic – 3,367 (

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

– 3,321;

Greek Catholic Greek Catholic Church or Byzantine-Catholic Church may refer to: * The Catholic Church in Greece * The Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also known as the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Ea ...

– 46); *

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 ...

– 1,638; *other religions – 1,270; *

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 ...

– 13,812; *

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 ...

– 326; *''Undeclared'' – 7,603.

Gallery

File:Békés-Temple.jpg,

, the ''district seat'' File:The river Körös near the Hungarian town Mezőberény.jpg, Kettős-Körös river near Mezőberény File:Mezőberény légifotó1.jpg, Aerial view of Mezőberény File:Bélmegyer - Palace.jpg, Wenckheim Mansion in

Bélmegyer Bélmegyer is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Geography It covers an area of 63.05 km2 and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or ...

References

External links

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