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
Official logo of Mezőkovácsháza District
Coat of arms
Mezőkovácsháza District within Hungary and Békés County.
Mezőkovácsháza District within Hungary and Békés County.
Coordinates: 46.41°N 20.91°E / 46.41; 20.91
Country Hungary
CountyBékés
District seatMezőkovácsháza
Area
 • Total881.49 km2 (340.35 sq mi)
 • Rank1st in Békés
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total40,550
 • Rank4th in Békés
 • Density46/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]

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:

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]

See also

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)



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