Gyomaendrőd District

Gyomaendrőd (Gyomaendrődi járás) is a district in north-western part of Békés County. Gyomaendrőd 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
Gyomaendrőd District borders with Karcag District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the north, Szeghalom District and Békés District to the east, Szarvas District to the southwest, Mezőtúr District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Gyomaendrőd District is 5.

Municipalities
The district has 2 towns and 3 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) • Csárdaszállás (442)

• Dévaványa (7,622)

• Ecsegfalva (1,157)

• Gyomaendrőd (13,674) – district seat

• Hunya (634) The bolded municipalities are cities.

Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 23,943 and the population density was 35/km².

Ethnicity
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 700) and German (200).

Total population (2011 census): 23,943 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 21,242 persons: Approx. 2,500 persons in Gyomaendrőd District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
 * Hungarians: 20,172 (94.96%)
 * Gypsies: 688 (3.24%)
 * Others and indefinable: 382 (1.80%)

Religion
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:


 * Catholic – 4,823 (Roman Catholic – 4,806; Greek Catholic – 16);
 * Reformed – 3,910;
 * Evangelical – 233;
 * other religions – 221;
 * Non-religious – 8,315;
 * Atheism – 224;
 * Undeclared – 6,217.