Békéscsaba District

Békéscsaba (Békéscsabai járás) is a district in central-southern part of Békés County. Békéscsaba 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
Békéscsaba District borders with Békés District to the north, Sarkad District and Gyula District to the east, Mezőkovácsháza District to the south, Orosháza District and Szarvas District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Békéscsaba District is 9.

Municipalities
The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Békéscsaba (63,752) – district and county seat

• Csabaszabadi (335)

• Csorvás (4,981)

• Doboz (4,167)

• Gerendás (1,311)

• Kétsoprony (1,428)

• Szabadkígyós (2,696)

• Telekgerendás (1,549)

• Újkígyós (5,235) The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 83,541 and the population density was 131/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 3,500), Roma (900), Romanian (500) and German (450).

Total population (2011 census): 83,541 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 78,408 persons: Approx. 5,000 persons in Békéscsaba District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 72,018 (91.85%)
 * Slovaks: 3,504 (4.47%)
 * Gypsies: 916 (1.17%)
 * Others and indefinable: 1,970 (2.51%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 17,821 (Roman Catholic – 17,627; Greek Catholic – 184);
 * Evangelical – 9,444;
 * Reformed – 6,031;
 * Orthodox – 149;
 * other religions – 1,404;
 * Non-religious – 26,364;
 * Atheism – 1,289;
 * Undeclared – 21,039.