Orosháza District

Orosháza (Hungarian: 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.

Orosháza District Orosházi járás
Districts of Hungary
Coat of arms
Orosháza District within Hungary and Békés County.
Country	Hungary
County	Békés
District seat	Orosháza
Area
• Total	717.18 km2 (276.90 sq mi)
• Rank	2nd in Békés
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	51,482
• Rank	2nd in Békés
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)

Geography

Orosháza District is bordered by Szarvas District to the north, Békéscsaba District and Mezőkovácsháza District to the east, Makó District (Csongrád County) to the south, Hódmezővásárhely District and Szentes District (Csongrád County) to the west. There are eight inhabited places in Orosháza District.

Municipalities

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

• Békéssámson (2,318)
• Csanádapáca (2,617)
• Gádoros (3,555)
• Kardoskút (885)
• Nagyszénás (5,070)
• Orosháza (28,910) – district seat
• Pusztaföldvár (1,700)
• Tótkomlós (5,780)

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

Demographics

Religion in Orosháza District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (20.3%)

  Greek Catholicism (0.2%)

  Lutheranism (13.5%)

  Calvinism (4.5%)

  Other religions (1.8%)

  Non-religious (31.1%)

  Atheists (1.3%)

  Undeclared (27.3%)

In 2011, it had a population of 51,482 and the population density of 72 per square kilometre (190/sq mi).

Year	County population[2]	Change
2011	51,482	n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 1,500), Roma (650), German (250) and Romanian (150).

Total population (2011 census): 51,482
Ethnic groups (2011 census):^[3] Identified themselves: 45,712 persons:

• Hungarians: 42,825 (93.68%)
• Slovaks: 1,460 (3.19%)
• Gypsies: 645 (1.41%)
• Others and indefinable: 782 (1.71%)

Approx. 6,000 persons in Orosháza District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

• Catholic – 10,548 (Roman Catholic – 10,469; Greek Catholic – 77)
• Evangelical – 6,958
• Reformed – 2,329
• other religions – 920
• Non-religious – 16,045
• Atheism – 654
• Undeclared – 14,028

Gallery

• 
  Orosháza, the biggest Hungarian village
• 
  Aerial view of Tótkomlós
• 
  Landscape near Nagyszénás
• 
  Downtown Orosháza
• 
  Spa in Gyopárosfürdő (Orosháza)
• 
  Turkish bridge near Békéssámson

See also

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

References

1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
2. "Orosházi járás népessége", Népesség
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 Orosháza District

46.567662679036026°N 20.651054622913687°E / 46.567662679036026; 20.651054622913687