Békés District

Békés (Békési járás) is a district in central-northern part of Békés County. Békés 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
Békés District borders with Szeghalom District to the north, Sarkad District to the east, Békéscsaba District to the south, Szarvas District and Gyomaendrőd District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Békés District is 7.

Municipalities
The district has 2 towns and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Békés (19,763) – district seat

• Bélmegyer (981)

• Kamut (991)

• Köröstarcsa (2,477)

• Mezőberény (10,896)

• Murony (1,228)

• Tarhos (915) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 37,409 and the population density was 71/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 2,000), German and Slovak (450), Romanian (100).

Total population (2011 census): 37,409 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 36,283 persons: Approx. 1,000 persons in Békés District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 32,978 (90.89%)
 * Gypsies: 2,102 (5.78%)
 * Germans: 461 (1.27%)
 * Slovaks: 448 (1.23%)
 * Others and indefinable: 294 (0.81%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Reformed – 9,393;
 * Catholic – 3,367 (Roman Catholic – 3,321; Greek Catholic – 46);
 * Evangelical – 1,638;
 * other religions – 1,270;
 * Non-religious – 13,812;
 * Atheism – 326;
 * Undeclared – 7,603.