Mezőkovácsháza District

Mezőkovácsháza (Hungarian: 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 Statistical Region.

Mezőkovácsháza District Mezőkovácsházai járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Mezőkovácsháza District within Hungary and Békés County.
Coordinates: 46.41°N 20.91°E / 46.41; 20.91
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District seat	Mezőkovácsháza
Area
• Total	881.49 km2 (340.35 sq mi)
• Rank	1st in Békés
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	40,550
• Rank	4th in Békés
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)

Geography

Mezőkovácsháza District borders with Békéscsaba District to the north, Gyula District to the northeast, the Romanian county of Arad to the east and south, Makó District (Csongrád County) and Orosháza District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőkovácsháza District is 18.

Municipalities

The district has 4 towns, 2 large villages and 12 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)^[1]

• Almáskamarás (835)
• Battonya (5,565)
• Dombegyház (1,943)
• Dombiratos (526)
• Kaszaper (1,963)
• Kevermes (1,937)
• Kisdombegyház (457)
• Kunágota (2,559)
• Magyarbánhegyes (2,374)
• Magyardombegyház (201)
• Medgyesbodzás (1,026)
• Medgyesegyháza (3,691)
• Mezőhegyes (4,994)
• Mezőkovácsháza (6,049) – district seat
• Nagybánhegyes (1,129)
• Nagykamarás (1,366)
• Pusztaottlaka (356)
• Végegyháza (1,305)

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipalities are large villages.

Demographics

Religion in Mezőkovácsháza District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (38.5%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Calvinism (5.6%)

  Lutheranism (3.2%)

  Orthodoxy (1.6%)

  Other religions (1.2%)

  Non-religious (26.4%)

  Atheists (0.9%)

  Undeclared (22.4%)

In 2011, it had a population of 40,550 and the population density was 46/km².

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	40,550	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian and Roma (approx. 1,000), German (500), Slovak (400) and Serb (350).

Total population (2011 census): 40,550
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 38,098 persons:

• Hungarians: 34,751 (91.21%)
• Romanians: 1,021 (2.68%)
• Gypsies: 911 (2.39%)
• Germans: 488 (1.28%)
• Slovaks: 402 (1.06%)
• Others and indefinable: 525 (1.38%)

Approx. 2,500 persons in Mezőkovácsháza District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:^[4]

• Catholic – 15,730 (Roman Catholic – 15,633; Greek Catholic – 94);
• Reformed – 2,272;
• Evangelical – 1,280;
• Orthodox – 630;
• other religions – 487;
• Non-religious – 10,704;
• Atheism – 350;
• Undeclared – 9,097.

Gallery

• 
  Mezőkovácsháza, the district seat
• 
  Aerial view of Mezőkovácsháza
• 
  Holy Trinity Church in Battonya

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. népesség.com, "Mezőkovácsházai járás népessége"
3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)

External links

• Postal codes of the Mezőkovácsháza District