Mezőtúr () is a district in south-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. ''

Mezőtúr Mezőtúr is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in Hungary, located southeast from Budapest and 88 miles away by rail. It possesses important potteries. Large herds of cattle are reared on the communal lands, which are productive also of wheat ...

'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of

Nagykunság Nagykunság ("Greater Cumania", ) is a historical and geographical region in Hungary situated in the current Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county between Szolnok and Debrecen. Like other historical European regions called Cumania, it is named for the C ...

historical and geographical region.

Geography

Mezőtúr District borders with

Törökszentmiklós District Törökszentmiklós () is a district in central part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in Hungary. ''Törökszentmiklós'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Gr ...

and

Karcag District Karcag () is a district in eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary. ''Karcag'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain Statistical Region ...

to the north,

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� ...

''(

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 ...

)'' to the east,

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 ...

''(Békés County)'' and

Kunszentmárton District Kunszentmárton () 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, Northern Great Plain Statisti ...

to the south,

Szolnok District Szolnok () is a district in western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. '' Szolnok'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography Szolnok Dis ...

to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőtúr District is 5.

Municipalities

The district has 2

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and 3 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 28,191 and the

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was 39/km².

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,000). Total population (2011 census): 28,191
Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 24,515 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 ...

: 23,576 (96.17%) *

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 , ...

: 618 (2.52%) *Others and indefinable: 321 (1.31%) Approx. 3,500 persons in Mezőtúr 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 – 5,688; *Catholic – 2,609 (

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 ...

– 2,575;

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 ...

– 34); *

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 ...

– 103; *other religions – 185; *

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 ...

– 12,292; *

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 ...

– 316; *''Undeclared'' – 6,998.

Transport

Road network

Main road A "main road" may refer to: * A major road in a town or village, or in a country area. * A highway * A trunk road, especially in British English Main Road may refer to: * Main Road, Hobart, Australia * Main Road, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh * Main ...

(NW→SE): Törökszentmiklós... – Mezőtúr District (2 municipalities: Kétpó,

) – ...Mezőberény

Railway network

* Line 120 (NW→SE): Budapest... – Mezőtúr District (2 municipalities: Kétpó,

Törökszentmiklós Törökszentmiklós is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. It is the third-largest settlement in the county. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 23,145 (2002). Histo ...

) – ...Lőkösháza * Line 125 (N→E): Mezőtúr District (1 municipality:

) – ...Battonya

Gallery

File:Mezőtúr town hall2.jpg,

, Town Hall File:Kétpó.jpg, Aerial view of Kétpó File:Mezőtúr a Berettyón túl - panoramio.jpg, Hortobágy-Berettyó river near Mezőtúr File:Túrkeve légi fotó.jpg, Reformed Church in

Túrkeve Túrkeve is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of Hungary. Geography It covers an area of . Demographics According to the 2011 census, the total population of Túrkeve was 9,008, of whom there were 87.8% H ...

References

External links

Mezőtúr District - HunMix.huPostal codes of the Mezőtúr District
Districts in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County {{Jasz-geo-stub