Gyula District

Gyula (Hungarian: Gyulai járás; Romanian: Districtul Jula) is a district in eastern part of Békés County. Gyula is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Gyula District
Gyulai járás
Districts of Hungary
Official logo of Gyula District
Coat of arms
Gyula District within Hungary and Békés County.
Gyula District within Hungary and Békés County.
Coordinates: 46.64°N 21.28°E / 46.64; 21.28
Country Hungary
CountyBékés
District seatGyula
Area
 • Total413.22 km2 (159.55 sq mi)
 • Rank9th in Békés
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total41,627
 • Rank3rd in Békés
 • Density101/km2 (260/sq mi)

Geography

Gyula District borders with Sarkad District to the north, the Romanian county of Arad to the east and south, Mezőkovácsháza District to the southwest, Békéscsaba District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyula District is 4.

Municipalities

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

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

Religion in Gyula District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (20.4%)
  Greek Catholicism (0.6%)
  Calvinism (14.9%)
  Lutheranism (1.5%)
  Orthodoxy (3.4%)
  Other religions (2.8%)
  Non-religious (26.9%)
  Atheists (1.4%)
  Undeclared (28.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 41,627 and the population density was 101/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 41,627 n/a

Ethnicity

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian (approx. 2,500), German (1,250), Roma (1,000) and Slovak (150).

Total population (2011 census): 41,627
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 39,664 persons:

Approx. 2,000 persons in Gyula District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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

  • Gyula, the district seat
    Gyula, the district seat
  • Vásárhelyi-Bréda Mansion in Lőkösháza
    Vásárhelyi-Bréda Mansion in Lőkösháza
  • Landscape near Gyula
    Landscape near Gyula
  • Gyula Castle
    Gyula Castle

See also

References
  1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Gyulai 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)


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